France’s financial markets authority Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is the latest entity in the country calling for regulation of cryptocurrency operators.

In particular, the AMF is pushing for a mandatory and faster licensing of cryptocurrency entities that aren’t registered to offer services in the country, the agency’s chair Marie-Anne Barbat Layani said on January 6. 

The call by Layani comes after the French senate’s proposal to have digital asset players seek new registration ahead of the rollout of the European Union’s new Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) laws.