ARI10 launches a new series on MiCA, stablecoins, and the future of European crypto - hosted by CEO Artur Pszczolkowski.
Europe's crypto market is being rebuilt under the MiCA Regulation (EU 2023/1114), and the next 12 months will shape who serves European businesses and on what terms. To explain what is happening - and what it means for operators, compliance teams, and business decision-makers - ARI10 is launching a new series: Stablecoin Revolution and the Future of Cryptocurrencies in Europe, hosted by Artur Pszczółkowski, CEO & Co-founder of ARI10.
Episode 1 is the introduction. It sets the context for the cycle: how the European market is adapting to MiCA, why the stablecoin market is shifting, and what businesses settling crypto-to-fiat or fiat-to-crypto should be aware of before the transitional period for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) closes on 1 July 2026.
Artur opens with a personal angle. He has been working with crypto since 2015, when Bitcoin was worth a few hundred dollars and explaining "digital money" to family and friends was an uphill battle. A decade on, the perception has flipped. The same technology that institutional banks once dismissed now underpins infrastructure used by some of the largest financial firms in the world.
That shift is not an accident. It is the result of years of work by developers, entrepreneurs, regulators, and educators who treated crypto as serious financial infrastructure, not a speculative side-show. ARI10 has been part of that work since 2017, building bridges between traditional finance and crypto-assets for businesses and institutional clients across Central-Eastern Europe.
To understand where the market is going, Episode 1 looks back at where it started. The 2008 financial crisis exposed the fragility of centralized banking. Millions of people lost savings, homes, and pensions through no fault of their own. The Bitcoin whitepaper was published by Satoshi Nakamoto in October 2008.
The first Bitcoin transaction included an encoded message: a Times newspaper headline from January 2009 referencing a second government bailout of UK banks. That detail still matters today because it explains the design philosophy behind public crypto-assets: transparent, rule-bound, and not dependent on any single institution.
Episode 1 then turns to the most active part of the European market in 2026: stablecoins.
A number of European crypto-asset service providers are in the process of delisting USDT as they align their operations with the MiCA Regulation and prepare for the end of the transitional period on 1 July 2026. In parallel, stablecoins issued under MiCA-aligned frameworks - such as USDC, referenced here as an external industry example - are gaining ground on the European market.
For businesses that use stablecoins for settlement, treasury, or cross-border transfers, the practical question is simple: which assets will your service provider still support in 12 months, and under what regulatory framing? Artur frames this as a compliance question first and a product question second.
The second major shift Episode 1 covers is institutional adoption. Exchange-traded funds referencing crypto-assets are now a mainstream route for institutional capital, and tokenization of real-world assets - from bonds to private credit to commodities - is moving from pilot stage to production. The user base of crypto is no longer dominated by retail enthusiasts. It now includes asset managers, banks, and corporate treasuries.
This matters for the European market because regulated, MiCA-aligned infrastructure is what makes that institutional flow possible. The same trust mechanisms that protect a retail user protect a treasury team running settlement in regulated stablecoins.
Episode 1 closes by previewing the rest of the series. Upcoming episodes will cover:
Whether you are an experienced crypto investor, a business operator evaluating blockchain settlement, or an observer of the European fintech market, the series gives you a structured view of what is actually changing - and what to act on.
Episode 1 is available in English and Polish. Follow us on YouTube for weekly MiCA and crypto transaction updates.
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