AscendEX Shuts Down After MiCA Miss, Warns of Withdrawals
Around three in four EU-registered crypto firms are expected to fail MiCA's June 30 deadline, and AscendEX is the first major name to publicly warn users their funds may be stuck.
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Around three in four EU-registered crypto firms are expected to fail MiCA's June 30 deadline, and AscendEX is the first major name to publicly warn users their funds may be stuck.
The shutdown cites MiCA, regulatory, financial and operational pressure, and a Coin Bureau report points to empty hot wallets, framing a full-balance recovery as uncertain for AscendEX users.
The exchange blamed a failed strategic transaction and MiCA pressure for the July 1 shutter, but the more dangerous signal is the empty hot wallets ZachXBT flagged weeks earlier.