Swiss Bitcoin-only funding app Relai is the newest crypto asset service supplier (CASP) to obtain approval underneath the European Union’s crypto regulatory framework.
France’s monetary markets regulator, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), issued a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) license to Relai on Thursday, according to official data.
“We’re extremely proud to be one of many first Bitcoin corporations to get the MiCA license and are desirous to broaden to France first and Europe in a second step,” Relai co-founder and CEO Julian Liniger mentioned in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Friday.
Based in Zurich in 2020, Relai operates a Bitcoin (BTC)-only platform that options shopping for, promoting and saving BTC with self-custody, permitting customers to take sole management of their holdings.
A breakthrough for Bitcoin business in Europe
The acquisition of a MiCA license permits Relai to introduce a number of regulated companies associated to Bitcoin funding on its app.
With the license, Relai is allowed to assist SEPA (Single Euro Funds Space) funds inside the EU and provide greater buying and selling limits in opposition to euros.
Relai’s MiCA license is a serious breakthrough not just for the platform but in addition for all the Bitcoin business throughout Europe, Relai EU co-founder Adem Bilican mentioned.
“Our objective is obvious: Bringing Bitcoin to as many individuals as potential. Easy, safe, regulated,” Bilican mentioned.
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The MiCA license acquisition aligns with Relai’s roadmap, as beforehand announced plans to acquire the license had been made in late 2024 when it raised $12 million in a Sequence A funding spherical led by the US enterprise capital agency Ego Dying Capital. Extra backers included Plan B Bitcoin Fund, Timechain and Solit Group.
The information got here the day after Blockchain.com, one of many oldest crypto platforms working a pockets and a blockchain explorer, introduced it had received a MiCA license from the Maltese Monetary Providers Authority.
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