{
  "id": 14681159,
  "title": "EBA designates Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first ‘significant’ e-money token",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/eba-designates-circles-usdc-as-the-eus-first-significant-e-money-token",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T11:10:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Block",
    "slug": "the-block",
    "url": "https://www.theblock.co/news/regulation/2026-10-15-eba-designates-circles-usdc-as-the-eus-first-significant-e-money-token-418637"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The EBA classified Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first \"significant\" e-money token, with new supervisory responsibilities beginning Nov. 12.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Finextra",
        "title": "EBA classifies USDC as significant e-money token under MiCA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/eba-classifies-usdc-as-significant-e-money-token-under-mica",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:26:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "EU authority classifies Circle’s USDC as ‘significant’ under MiCA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/eu-authority-classifies-circles-usdc-as-significant-under-mica",
        "published": "2026-10-14T19:03:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}