Cointelegraph reported on Oct 1, 2026 that European regulators are looking at how Binance uses a legal exemption under MiCA, the EU's crypto rules. The report says the exemption lets Binance keep serving customers in the European Union without being authorized under those rules.
The report also says ESMA, the EU's securities markets regulator, wants stronger powers to enforce the rules. The article does not say how ESMA would use those powers, or whether they would apply to Binance.
The article does not name the regulators involved. It does not say whether any formal action has been taken, and it does not include a response from Binance. It gives no timeline, so nobody yet knows whether Binance's EU services will change.
For anyone already holding a perpetual position on Bitget, Bybit, MEXC or OKX, this changes nothing directly. The report covers only Binance and EU regulators. It says nothing about funding rates, fees or liquidity on any of the four exchanges this site tracks.
Source: cointelegraph — Binance’s EU services face scrutiny over licensing exemption: Report