Croatia’s crypto scene has shrunk to five licensed names after the MiCA transition period ended, while the ECB pushes for even tougher rules on stablecoins.
US authorities have arrested Vuk Vuković, a 38-year-old Croatian economist, founder of Oraclum Capital LLC and chief executive and investment officer of the ORCA BASON Fund, on suspicion of securities fraud and wire fraud. The news was first announced by Croatia’s financial supervisory agency, Hanfa, citing the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of … Read more
Croatia’s financial watchdog HANFA gathered the cream of European financial regulation in Dubrovnik on August 31 and September 1: the two-day conference “European Capital Markets Dialogue: Integrate, Simplify and Supervise in a Data-Driven Europe,” organized in program partnership with Luxembourg’s CSSF regulator, brought ESMA chair Verena Ross, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tomislav Ćorić, … Read more
While meme coins hemorrhage billions, two former giants are quietly stealing the spotlight. Polkadot (DOT) jumped nearly 39 percent in a week, and Cosmos (ATOM) 35 percent — after years in crypto purgatory, the old L1 guard is knocking on the door again. The question haunting everyone who bought them at the top: is this … Read more
Three people from Omiš and Split have been left without more than €170,000 in three separate online scams reported by the Split-Dalmatia police on Monday, and the single heaviest blow landed on the crypto scene: between July 21 and August 27, a Split resident fed more than €142,000 in cash into crypto ATMs for a … Read more
While the Moon began to eclipse the Sun over Croatia on Tuesday afternoon — for the first time in 27 years — a different kind of eclipse was unfolding on the island of Krk. There, a 77-year-old Croatian citizen lost €7,000 on a platform promising automated crypto trading powered by artificial intelligence. The Krk police … Read more
Croatia’s financial regulator HANFA has ordered Varaždin-based FIMA Plus to immediately stop providing unauthorized crypto services and return digital assets worth $483,756 that the company, led by director Milan Horvat, held on behalf of 123 clients — the first major enforcement action since the full application of the MiCA regulation took effect in Croatia on … Read more
Exactly one month has passed since the full enforcement of the MiCA regulation took effect in Croatia on July 1, 2026, and the domestic crypto scene looks significantly different than it did in June — four licensed companies are reporting user growth, unregulated platforms have disappeared from the radar, and users are divided between a … Read more
Bitcoin Store Gets MiCA License: Third Croatian Crypto Player Enters EU Regulation, Introduces Stablecoin Restrictions The Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) issued a MiCA license around June 8, 2026, to Digital Assets Ltd., better known under its brand name Bitcoin Store, making it the third Croatian crypto-asset service provider to comply with the European … Read more
While the Croatian public largely focuses on Bitcoin’s price and exchange fluctuations, behind the scenes there are a dozen domestic development teams building infrastructure for the crypto economy — from Split through Zagreb to Osijek, their products process thousands of transactions daily, manage portfolios, and bridge chains without most people in Croatia ever hearing of … Read more
