Crypto companies without EU licences face prosecution, French regulator warns

Reuters

Thu, May 28, 2026 astatine 7:56 AM CDT 1 min read

PARIS, May 28 (Reuters) - France’s apical markets regulator warned crypto companies ‌they could beryllium blacklisted and ‌sued if they bash not get an EU ​licence to run by extremity of June, arsenic the bloc afloat rolls retired tighter regularisation of crypto.

Under the ‌European Union's crypto ⁠rules, MiCA, crypto companies person until June 30 to get ⁠a licence to proceed operating successful the bloc. European regulators person ​already warned ​that companies without ​licences request to ‌have "orderly wind-down plans" successful place.

"It’s becoming precise very urgent to finalise the licences applications," Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, president of the French markets regulator, AMF, said ‌at a property lawsuit ​on Thursday.

Crypto companies which ​have not ​secured licences by the ‌EU's deadline volition beryllium ​put connected ​blacklists and volition look enforcement action, including prosecution, if they proceed ​to actively ‌seek EU customers without authorisation, ​Barbat-Layani said.

(Reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft, editing ​by John O'Donnell)