ESMA puts forward expectations towards effective circuit breaker implementation

October 12, 2023--The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, is today publishing a supervisory briefing on circuit breakers, which provides a comprehensive overview of supervisory expectations regarding the calibration of circuit breakers implemented by trading venues (TVs).

The supervisory briefing outlines several principles that national competent authorities (NCAs) should enforce to ensure effective circuit breaker implementation and aims to strengthen convergence among NCAs on circuit breaker calibration methodology, promoting compliance, common understanding and enforcement practices.

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ESMA finalises technical standards on derivatives transparency and the OTC derivatives tape

December 15, 2025-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, published today the Final Report covering mandates under the MiFIR Review on derivatives trade transparency, package orders and the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives consolidated tape input and output data.

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France Eases Retail Crypto Rules as Europe Unlocks Access for Millions

December 9, 2025-AMF doctrine shift follows UK and Nordic moves;
CoinShares leads the European market with a 32% AUM share
CoinShares International Limited ("CoinShares" or "the Group") (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS; USOTCQX: CNSRF) - a leading global asset manager specialising in digital assets, which has announced a merger with Vine Hill Capital Investment Corp (Nasdaq: VCIC), welcomes France's AMF decision to open retail access to regulated crypto ETNs.

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