KuCoin EU Expansion Halted Following Compliance Gaps Under MiCA Rules
Crypto Economy 24 Feb 2026
TL;DR. The Austrian regulator FMA prohibited KuCoin EU from onboarding new customers due to a lack of key AML personnel ... The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has decided to halt the commercial operations of exchange KuCoin’s local entity ... Nevertheless, the market is closely watching how the exchange resolves this administrative challenge to resume its growth path in the European Union ....
UK job vacancies hit post-pandemic low as hiring slows
Invezz 23 Feb 2026
The UK labour market has started 2026 under pressure, with job adverts falling to their lowest level since the pandemic. New research from the job search site Adzuna shows advertised vacancies dropped by 3% in January to 695,000. It marks the first time listings have fallen below 700,000 since January 2021. The data arrives days after official figures showed unemployment rising to a five-year high of 5.2% ... ....

