Cardano Pushes Back on EU MiCA Expansion for DeFi, Staking and Crypto Lending

The Cardano Foundation is urging European regulators to keep MiCA narrowly scoped and prevent overly broad classification of all decentralized crypto-related activities as separately regulated services. In its response to the European Commission’s MiCA review, the Foundation argued that more regulation would not automatically make Europe’s crypto market safer or more competitive. The Foundation’s submission was made to the Commission on September 30, 2026 and was targeted at topics that are pertinent to public and permissionless blockchains.