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Portugal's MiCA Transition Period Sunsets 1 July 2026 — Crypto-Asset Service Providers Migrate to BdP and CMVM Dual Supervision and the Anti-Money-Laundering Frame Treats Them as Financial Entities

Portugal's MiCA Transition Period Sunsets 1 July 2026 — Crypto-Asset Service Providers Migrate to BdP and CMVM Dual Supervision and the Anti-Money-Laundering Frame Treats Them as Financial Entities

The clock on Portugal's MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) transition window winds down to its final four weeks. From 1 July 2026, crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) that were active in Portugal under the prior Banco de Portugal (BdP)...

The Portugal Brief 05 Jun 2026

Bison Bank Issues Portugal's First MiCA-Regulated Stablecoin Pair — EUB Pegged to the Euro and USB Pegged to the US Dollar Live as Electronic Money Tokens, Cuatrecasas Confirms Advisory on Monday 18 May 2026

Bison Bank Issues Portugal's First MiCA-Regulated Stablecoin Pair — EUB Pegged to the Euro and USB Pegged to the US Dollar Live as Electronic Money Tokens, Cuatrecasas Confirms Advisory on Monday 18 May 2026

Bison Bank has issued the first stablecoin pair domiciled in Portugal under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) — the EUB token pegged 1:1 to the euro and the USB token pegged 1:1 to the US dollar — with the launch...

The Portugal Brief 18 May 2026

Braga's Token Trust Becomes the First CMVM-Authorised Tokenisation Platform for Portuguese Shares and Bonds — Paulo Cardoso do Amaral's DLT Issuance-Trading-Settlement Stack Targets the €10 Trillion Pool of European Low-Yield Savings

Braga's Token Trust Becomes the First CMVM-Authorised Tokenisation Platform for Portuguese Shares and Bonds — Paulo Cardoso do Amaral's DLT Issuance-Trading-Settlement Stack Targets the €10 Trillion Pool of European Low-Yield Savings

The Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários has authorised Token Trust, a Braga-based fintech, to operate Portugal's first regulated platform for the tokenisation of shares and bonds. The CMVM green light puts Token Trust into a category of...

The Portugal Brief 11 May 2026

Bison Bank Launches Portugal's First Bank-Issued Stablecoin on 5 May 2026 — Closed Banks-Only Ecosystem, Pegged to the Euro and Dollar, MiCA-Aligned Under Law 69/2025

Bison Bank Launches Portugal's First Bank-Issued Stablecoin on 5 May 2026 — Closed Banks-Only Ecosystem, Pegged to the Euro and Dollar, MiCA-Aligned Under Law 69/2025

Bison Bank's António Henriques launched on Tuesday Portugal's first bank-issued stablecoin — pegged to the euro and dollar, restricted to a closed ecosystem of regulated banks, and aligned with the MiCA framework transposed into Portuguese law as Lei 69/2025 of 22 December.

The Portugal Brief 06 May 2026

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