Crypto.com Delists USDT and 9 Other Cryptocurrencies in Europe to Comply With MiCA

Popular digital asset exchange Crypto.com has announced that it will delist the USDT stablecoin and nine other cryptocurrencies in Europe on January 31

Crypto.com to Delist USDT, 9 Other Cryptocurrencies in Europe on Jan 31 Several Weeks After MiCA Took Effect Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has announced plans to delist the USDT stablecoin and nine other cryptocurrencies in Europe on January 31.

This move comes a few weeks after the European Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulatory framework took effect. As a result, several crypto service providers have been ordered to restrict the trading of non-MiCA-compliant cryptocurrencies.

Crypto.com users in Europe will no longer be able to purchase or deposit the affected crypto assets once they are delisted. However, the platform will continue processing withdrawals until March 31.

Crypto.com has advised customers holding the ten cryptocurrencies to consider converting them to assets that comply with MiCA rules. Those who fail to do so by the end of March will see their affected assets automatically swapped for compliant stablecoins.

Affected Tokens Revealed In addition to USDT, Crypto.com will also delist PayPal USD, Pax dollar, Wrapped Bitcoin, Pax gold, Dai, Crypto.com Staked ETH, XSGD, Liquid CRO, and Crypto.com Staked SOL.

These delistings follow a statement released by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) earlier this month. The authority ordered crypto service providers in the European region to restrict the trading of cryptocurrencies that don’t comply with MiCA.

What is MiCA? For the uninitiated, MiCA is a set of crypto rules that all members of the European Union must follow. The EU Parliament adopted it on April 20, 2023, and it became effective in late 2024. This regulatory framework aims to ensure that crypto service providers operate transparently in an effort to protect European investors.

Coinbase was the first exchange to identify USDT as a non-compliant stablecoin under the MiCA framework last October. The exchange delisted the token in December and automatically converted users’ USDT holdings to MiCA-compliant assets like USDC, which is the second-largest stablecoin by market cap.

As of January 29, OKX is the only exchange that has followed Coinbase’s direction to delist Tether’s USDT. However, analysts expect platforms like Binance, Kraken, Bitget, MEXC, and KuCoin to stop supporting the stablecoin later this quarter as they seek to obtain MiCA licenses.

MiCA’s technical Committee member Juan Ignacio Ibañez has urged crypto platforms to restrict all non-compliant crypto assets by March 31 to avoid lawsuits.