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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stopped Binance from operating in the European Union, according to a Wall Street Journal report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The newspaper on Thursday reported<\/a> that the top crypto exchange was on the cusp of operating in the trading bloc but then was told it couldn\u2019t after the central bank chief waded in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

EU law requires that local Crypto-Asset Service Providers (CASP) have a MiCA license. Binance does not. Binance in June withdrew<\/a> its MiCA application in Greece.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLagarde wanted to keep the controversial crypto exchange, which pleaded guilty to financial-crime violations in the U.S., out of the European Union,\u201d the newspaper report said, citing interviews with officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lagarde has long been anti-Bitcoin and pro-central bank digital currencies. Back in 2021, Lagarde said<\/a> that the leading cryptocurrency was \u201ca highly speculative asset\u201d used for money laundering. She also criticized cryptocurrencies as a whole and said central banks would never hold bitcoin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On CBDCs, though, Lagarde takes a different approach. A CBDC is a digital form of fiat money, like the US dollar or euro; nations around the world are in different stages of researching and releasing them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The EU under Lagarde is fast moving forward with a digital euro. Lagarde has described the digital euro as key to Europe\u2019s financial autonomy while taking aim at privately issued stablecoins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CBDCs have been criticized by bitcoiners and others in the crypto industry who think they could be used to surveil citizens. U.S. President Donald Trump signed<\/a> an executive order banning CBDCs when he took office.<\/p>\n

The WSJ report added, citing various interviews, that Lagarde was worried Binance would embed the dominance of dollar-based stablecoins in Europe, instead of encouraging euro counterparts.<\/p>\n

Binance is the world\u2019s biggest crypto exchange and billions of dollars in stablecoins are traded on its platform daily.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A controversial company, Binance and its CEO, Chanpeng Zhao, in 2023 pleaded guilty to anti-money-laundering violations and paid<\/a> a record $4.3 billion fine.<\/p>\n

Binance in June said it was still working to pursue MiCA authorization in another EU Member State.<\/p>\n

This post European Central Bank President Blocked Binance\u2019s EU Entry: Report<\/a> first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by Mathew Di Salvo<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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