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Not much of a dessert person, but bought some mini cakes anyway. Tried a bit of each, picked the best one to finish today. Couldn't even finish it—so full.

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“No trace of USDT should remain, not even in ‘sell-only’ mode, by March 31,” Juan Ignacio Ibañez, a member of the Technical Committee of the MiCA Crypto Alliance, wrote on LinkedIn in January.

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — a key MiCA compliance supervisor — in January urged European crypto asset service providers to fully delist non-compliant tokens by March 31, 2025.

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Under the former Gary Gensler-led commission, the SEC adopted a strict regulation-by-enforcement approach to crypto, which saw Coinbase and other industry heavyweights hit with unexpected lawsuits.

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However, as part of MetaMask’s ongoing partnership with Transak, the wallet will add support to a total of 10 new networks: the Arbitrum mainnet, Avalanche C-Chain mainnet, Base, BNB Chain, Celo, Fantom, Moonbeam, Moonriver, Optimism and Polygon.

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Memecoins have been a particular lightning rod of controversy in the past week due to the LIBRA rug pull scandal. According to Nansen, investors saw a combined loss of around $251 million. Argentine President Javier Milei has been drawn into the controversy due to his role in posting about the LIBRA token on X.

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https://warpcast.com/cathymeng68/0xf244d0ee

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The three-day course, Blockchain Basics for Policymakers, will run from April 6 to April 8, 2025, in Zug, Switzerland, a region known as Crypto Valley due to its blockchain-friendly policies.

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According to data from RWA.xyz, the total value of tokenized assets now stands at nearly $13.9 billion, a 67% jump from $8.3 billion in January.

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Gorbunov’s view is followed by venture capital firm a16z. In its annual report on trends in the crypto and blockchain industry, the VC said that “tokenizing unconventional assets could redefine income generation in the digital age.”

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“RWAs are the use case to watch in 2025. The value of tokenized assets will double in the year,” predicts Sergey Gorbunov, CEO of Interop Labs and co-founder of Axelar Network.

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Developers, investors and companies from a range of industries were enraptured by the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) fever in 2024, as it unlocks liquidity for traditionally nonliquid assets, such as real estate, and allows people around the world to access investments not always accessible to small investors.

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Bitpanda declined to comment on whether the exchange has delisted or plans to delist USDT in the near future.

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However, as of Dec. 17, OKX and Bitpanda both still feature USDT on their platforms, Cointelegraph has learned.

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OKX told Cointelegraph it delisted USDT in March 2024, citing a shifting focus to euro-based trading pairs.

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Other exchanges operating in Europe have not been vocal on the USDT delisting question, with only a few of them appearing to have delisted the stablecoin.

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While Coinbase has viewed USDT as a MiCA-restricted stablecoin since at least October, European authorities have not provided a clear statement on whether it should be considered noncompliant with local laws.

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The United States-based Coinbase exchange said it suspended USDT to comply with MiCA.

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Other platforms like KuCoin, Mexc and Bitget also offer the stablecoin to European users despite the looming full implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) on Dec. 30.

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Cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe are continuing to support Tether’s USDt stablecoin, even after Coinbase announced its delisting for European customers to comply with upcoming regulatory requirements.

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