Tag: Tamara Rubey

KuCoin’s Austrian MiCA Licence: Has Vienna Just Whitewashed a Repeat Offender?

Seychelles-born, Hong Kong-owned, U.S.–sanctioned KuCoin has just won one of Europe’s most coveted trophies: a MiCA CASP licence from Austria’s FMA via KuCoin EU Exchange GmbH. This licence gives KuCoin passported access to (almost) the entire EEA – despite a fresh U.S. criminal guilty plea for unlicensed money transmission and serious AML failures.