MiCA is now fully in force across the EU, with 21 EMT issuers and more than 270 CASPs registered, while no ART issuer has been approved. Kraken is reportedly pursuing an EU banking license, and lawmakers are turning attention to DeFi, staking, and NFTs.
Standard Chartered obtained both MiCA and EMI licenses in Europe on June 25, 2026. ESMA’s registry also added FalconX, Sygnum Europe, and others. Germany’s BaFin leads with 58 MiCA approvals.
Bitcoin trades just under the $82,500 moving average resistance zone as 200-day SMA and EMA converge. On-chain data from CheckonChain reveals multiple cost bases supporting price, with short-term holders still in profit. Analysts see breakout above this range as key for bullish confirmation.
Bitcoin's rally stalled at the 200-day SMA and dropped to $77,500. CryptoQuant says three pillars—leveraged futures buying, spot demand, and US ETF inflows—have weakened simultaneously, with the Bull Score down to 20 and Coinbase premium negative.
Bitcoin traded at $66,759 on March 29, 2026, hovering in a tight range between $66,266 and $67,185. Technical indicators remain mixed: RSI neutral, Stochastic near oversold, ADX weak, while price stays below all major moving averages.
Bitcoin shows resilience amid macro weakness as daily exchange inflows drop to 28,235 BTC, below the 40,000 threshold. Analysts confirm selling pressure exhaustion; the 90-Day Gradient Oscillator flips positive, boosting short-term momentum.
OpenGradient secured $9.5 million in funding led by a16z Crypto, with Coinbase Ventures among backers. The project will launch a fixed supply of 1 billion OPG tokens on Base. Its network has processed over 2 million inferences and 500,000 proofs.
Bitcoin is consolidating near $81,000, with traders focused on whether price can break $82,750. A move above that level opens upside targets from $86,580 to $97,990, while failure could send BTC back toward support at $78,779 to $74,917.
