Have you ever thought about a scenario like this: one day, regulatory authorities open the on-chain data dashboard, and what appears before them is no longer a cold list of 0x addresses, but a clear collaboration network — "某某GmbH · Research Agency · Advertising Agency · Financial Agency," with each node's role and relationships easily identifiable. If this were to happen, how would the entire game change?



More and more signs indicate that the "penetrating supervision" proposed by MiCAR is upgrading. Initially, it only required transparency into the composition of asset pools. Now? The next step is likely to be a direct penetration into the entity identities and agency relationships layer. Projects that have done detailed design at the identity level — for example, some emerging public chains focused on AI payments — are likely to become the first samples to be "dissected."

Let's clarify this point. The goal of MiCAR is not to ban the crypto industry, but to face two unavoidable realities: stablecoins have grown into a significant layer for payments and settlements; regulation can no longer stay at monitoring market prices alone — it must clarify who is issuing the tokens, who is holding the reserves, and who is ultimately bearing the risks. Over the past two years, ESRB, EBA, ESMA have repeatedly issued reports emphasizing "penetrating" regulation of stablecoins — not just looking at market cap, but also at which banks hold the reserves, what types of assets are in the portfolio, and whether a single institution's concentration exceeds 30%. Why? Because when liquidity pressures hit, the shock from a run can directly impact the real financial system.

From another perspective, the "penetration" MiCAR conducts on stablecoins actually has two directions: one is downward penetration, directly reaching reserve assets and banking exposures to deconstruct structural risks; the other is upward penetration, tracing back to the issuing entities, operators, and proxy structures — who is making decisions? Who bears legal responsibility? Every link in the chain must stand the test.
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ReverseTrendSistervip
· 12h ago
Well... now it's different. Before, you could still play hide and seek with layers of agents, but now regulations are directly demanding to dig out your entire organizational chart. No one can escape.
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gm_or_ngmivip
· 12-11 18:52
The era of comprehensive regulation will come sooner or later. Instead of dodging and avoiding, it's better to adapt in advance... Projects that play tricks with different identities are indeed risky.
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ser_aped.ethvip
· 12-11 18:47
Ha, this regulatory move is really playing out. The transparency of 0x addresses is just a matter of time. Projects with complex proxy structures are starting to panic. AI payment public chains are the first to be affected, it feels like they will be used as negative examples. The crackdown on stablecoins is indeed a regulatory pain point. Once a bank run happens, if it hits traditional finance, it’s game over. The wave of transparent regulation is here; the room to dodge is shrinking more and more. We need to think ahead and plan our strategies. No matter how sophisticated the identity layer design is, it’s ultimately subject to scrutiny—there’s no other way. The MiCAR regulation is actually about drawing clear boundaries, making the relationship between on-chain finance and real-world finance transparent. I’ve known this day would come for a long time, but I didn’t expect it to arrive so quickly. The 30% concentration cap is tough; now the operational space for stablecoins is tightly restricted. Next, it might trace back to individual persons; privacy on the blockchain could really be gone. Wow, if regulatory authorities dig into the entire collaborative network, many project teams might have to reorganize their structures.
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NeonCollectorvip
· 12-11 18:44
Penetrative regulation is gradually approaching, and those projects with tricky schemes really need to get serious. No matter how clever the identity layer design is, they will ultimately be exposed in the face of on-chain data... This round is really quite exciting.
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GasFeeTherapistvip
· 12-11 18:32
Oh dear, I saw through it long ago. Projects that disguise their identity with fancy packaging will eventually be exposed.
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