{"id":1053678,"date":"2026-06-27T14:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1053678\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:55:18","slug":"coinbase-and-okx-try-to-lure-in-binances-users-after-it-failed-to-secure-a-mica-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1053678\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase and OKX try to lure in Binance\u2019s users after it failed to secure a MiCA license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a regulated platform built for the long term, we\u2019re excited to welcome you to OKX,\u201d he said. \u201cTo celebrate this new chapter, we\u2019re offering one of our biggest welcome campaigns for eligible EEA users, including welcome bonuses and deposit matching of up to 8%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Binance emailed its users notifying them the exchange was no longer able to accept new registrations and would restrict services, a spokesperson for the Abu Dhabi-based company told CoinDesk. &#8220;Your assets remain safe and secure, and will remain accessible at all times,&#8221; the email said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the company said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/policy\/2026\/06\/24\/binance-withdraws-greek-mica-bid-but-vows-to-remain-in-europe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">withdrew its license application <\/a>in Greece and would seek authorization in another EU country. <\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement to CoinDesk, Binance said its &#8220;ambitions in Europe remain the same, and we are confident we will secure a MiCA licence in the coming months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The emails to clients in France, Italy, Poland and Spain come days before a June 30 deadline. Crypto firms must have a MiCA license from at least one EU member state by July 1 to provide services across all 27 member states. Unlicensed firms must wind down their EU activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a regulated platform built for the long term, we\u2019re excited to welcome you to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1053679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5174],"tags":[51821,43042,2000,299,5187,1699,23492],"class_list":["post-1053678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-binance","tag-coinbase","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-union","tag-mica"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116822653544735179","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1053679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}