MiCA: where do you stand? State of play 51 days before the deadline

Biba Homsy is CEO and Founder Partner of Homsy Legal, a law firm operating across Geneva and Luxembourg and specialising in regulatory compliance, data protection, and digital finance. She is admitted to the Luxembourg and Geneva Bars. Prior to founding Homsy Legal in December 2019, she led teams at Swiss financial regulator FINMA for five years and served as Chief Compliance Officer at a major local bank.

Homsy's work in digital assets centres on crypto regulation and MiCA compliance. In May 2026, she participated as a speaker in a webinar co-hosted by Homsy Legal and The Big Whale, addressing the state of MiCA authorisations across Europe ahead of the 1 July 2026 deadline, covering ESMA guidelines, AMF file requirements, and obligations for crypto-asset service providers. She has been invited to speak at the IOSCO on crypto and digital asset markets and at Davos in 2025 for World Computer Day. She is also President and Founder of LëtzBlock, the Luxembourg Blockchain and DLT Association, a position she has held since 2018. Outside her law firm, she holds board positions at Clearstream, Indosuez Wealth Management (Credit Agricole Indosuez Switzerland), Bank Quilvest Switzerland — where she chairs the Audit Risk Committee — and Forum Finance Group, which she joined in 2023.

Grégory Raymond is Head of Research and co-founder of The Big Whale. A specialist at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets, he has been covering the regulatory, institutional and technological developments of the sector since 2017 for an audience of decision-makers: ,banks, asset managers and fintechs. He is also the author of Bitcoin & Cryptos: L'enjeu du siècle (Talent Éditions, 2025), a book built around interviews with key figures from the ecosystem.

Dimitri Granger is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at The Big Whale, a Web3-focused media company based in Paris, where he has held his co-founder role since April 2022. He participates directly in editorial and industry events as a speaker, including a May 2026 webinar on MiCA authorizations co-hosted with Homsy Legal, where he appeared alongside The Big Whale's Head of Research to address operational compliance requirements for CASPs ahead of the July 2026 deadline.

Granger has approximately 20 years of experience across corporate communications, brand communication, and growth marketing. Prior to co-founding The Big Whale, he served as Directeur Général, Digital Influence at Publicis Consultants from 2014 to 2017, where he led the public relations department with a focus on digital and social media strategy. He also co-founded .YZ Paris, a creative digital agency, in July 2017, and Blocs, a French-language blockchain accessibility project, in April 2018. His areas of focus include blockchain applications in finance, media and journalism, content marketing, digital PR, and business development.