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WhiteBIT has obtained authorization under Europe’s MiCA framework, becoming one of the latest exchanges to secure regulatory approval ahead of the EU’s full implementation deadline.
Approval will further empower the company in Europe and enable WhiteBIT EU to offer regulated crypto services in the vast majority of the European Economic Area countries.
WhiteBIT EU received its authorization from Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA), giving the company access to the European Union’s unified crypto framework.
Under the approval, the exchange will be regulated instead of having to be registered separately in each country. With MiCa, within the EEA, licensed companies will be able to access services in eligible markets using passporting rules.
The authorization forms part of WhiteBIT’s European strategy and adds to its commitment of compliance, transparency and protection of users, the company said.
Volodymyr Nosov, founder and president of W Group, said Europe remains central to the company’s vision and described MiCA as an important milestone for the digital asset industry.
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The company is also preparing to launch WhiteBIT.eu, a platform specifically designed for European users. The platform will be fully MiCa compliant and will provide access to the exchange’s products and services compliant with MiCa.
Users are already able to place their interest in the company’s website before the official launch.
The forthcoming blessing arrives right actually when cryptocurrency exchanges are working to get approved by MiCa by the final deadline.
Some exchanges are already approved in other jurisdictions like Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, and several other larger companies are still waiting for decisions from the regulators.
The advent of MiCa has brought one of the most pivotal regulatory advancements for the cryptocurrency sector by establishing a unified regulatory structure accommodating governance, consumer safeguards, market integrity, and operational needs.
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WhiteBIT’s company was established in 2018 and is part of the company W Group which claims to handle over 35 million clients around the world.
The exchange has developed numerous working relations with top brands and organizations, such as the UAINational Football Team, FC Barcelona, Juve, and Visa.
As it stated, the Austrian authorization marks an expansion of the Corporation’s presence in the regulated European market and helps to foster the digital asset ecosystem in the EU.
Regulatory approval has started to emerge as a competitive differentiator in the European crypto market as more exchanges transition towards being MiCA compliant. With this new authorization, WhiteBIT joins a list of banks and exchanges seeking to establish a stake in the EU’s new crypto regime for the long term.
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