Bitpanda Co-CEO Urges Stronger MiCA Enforcement as July 1 Deadline Nears

The complaint here is not about MiCA's rules but about uneven application — a familiar pattern in EU financial regulation, where the transition period lets unlicensed firms keep operating while compliant ones carry the cost of licensing. That asymmetry matters most for mid-sized platforms that cannot absorb compliance overhead while competing against unregulated rivals. Whether national regulators actually pursue unlicensed providers after the deadline, rather than simply letting the transition lapse, is the open question.