More than 50,000 people in Europe have asked the European Commission to relax its limits on stablecoin rewards. The request is part of the Commission's review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, known as MiCA. The figure comes from Stand With Crypto EU, a crypto advocacy group. Cointelegraph reported the campaign on Oct 1, 2026.
The campaign took the form of letters to Brussels, and it is not the only pressure on these rules. According to the report, EU central banks are also asking for changes to MiCA's stablecoin rules, and theirs are broader. The report does not say what the central banks want changed. It also does not say whether their aims match the campaign's.
Several things are not yet known. The report does not say how the Commission has responded or when the review will finish. It does not list which reward restrictions the campaigners want removed. For now, the existing MiCA rules on stablecoin rewards remain in place.
For anyone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. The story reports a public campaign and a review that is still open, not a rule change. Nothing in it affects funding rates, trading fees or liquidity on these venues today.
Source: cointelegraph — 50,000 Europeans call on EU to ease stablecoin rewards restrictions in MiCA review