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Articles by Oliver Linch on regulation and policy, and coverage in the international financial press.

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1 July 2026 · First published on LinkedIn

MiCA's cliff edge, and the lesson for the FCA

Europe's crypto market did not shrink because MiCA set the bar too high. It shrank at the edge of the transition to it. The UK's new regime faces the same test, on a tighter timetable.

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The question is whether, this time, it can tell the difference between raising the bar and clearing the room.

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