MiCA / ECB Staking
What’s new
France’s Treasury, AMF, Banque de France, and ACPR published a joint MiCA revision reply (Oct 21) asking that CASPs be liable for certain DeFi incidents when they actively facilitate access, plus protocol certification, stronger ESMA oversight of significant CASPs, and an explicit bar on EU CASPs servicing non-MiCA stablecoins. Chapter 10953 — consultation ask, not finished EU law; Commission report still due by June 30, 2027.
Timeline
- Oct 22, 2026France wants CASPs liable for DeFi access under MiCA revisionAMF/Treasury/BdF/ACPR joint reply — DeFi gateway liability, certification, ESMA significant-CASP push.
- Oct 7, 2026ESMA sets January 8 2027 deadline for EU firms to exit non-MiCA stablecoinsHard calendar for non-MiCA stables exit — separate from France’s DeFi-liability ask.
- Sep 30, 2026ESMA files MiCA review response seeking DeFi gateway rules and unauthorized-stablecoin bansESMA75-113276571-1721 — DeFi gateway, unauthorized stables, binding classification (NFT/hybrid).
- Sep 30, 2026MiCA closes Sep 30; Deutsche Börse NFT-series gaps and ESCB staking pressDeadline-day late filings — DBG taxonomy ask plus ESCB repayable-funds framing.
- Sep 27, 2026MiCA consultation closes Sept. 30; ECB staking-as-deposits framingOpening chapter — deadline plus central-bank language.
What’s next
- Commission MiCA report to EU lawmakers due by June 30, 2027 — watch whether France’s CASP DeFi-access liability and protocol certification language land in the draft.
- Jan 8, 2027 ESMA non-MiCA stablecoin exit clock still live (10647); France also wants an explicit CASP service ban on non-MiCA stables.
- Oct 30 exchange migration notices (watchlist) if venues post hard cutovers.
- Stop when Commission follow-on is wrapped and no new member-state MiCA revision package drops ~48h.