{"id":42062,"date":"2025-08-13T20:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42062"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:46:32","slug":"google-plays-new-licensing-rules-threaten-non-custodial-crypto-wallets-in-us-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42062","title":{"rendered":"Google Play&#8217;s New Licensing Rules Threaten Non-Custodial Crypto Wallets In US, EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Alphabet Inc.<\/strong>\u2018s (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/GOOG#NASDAQ\">GOOG<\/a>) (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/GOOGL#NASDAQ\">GOOGL<\/a>) Google has introduced new licensing requirements for cryptocurrency wallet applications on its Play Store, a move critics argue could block many non-custodial wallets from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/25\/08\/46820690\/google-loses-epic-games-appeal-as-court-orders-major-play-store-reforms-amid-antitrust-crackdown\">reaching users in key markets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The updated policy applies to developers in 15 jurisdictions, including the United States and the European Union, and mandates compliance with local licensing frameworks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therage.co\/google-play-store-ban-wallets\/\">according <\/a>to The Rage.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, developers must either be registered as a Money Services Business (MSB) with FinCEN and licensed as a money transmitter at the state level, or operate as a federally or state-chartered bank. <\/p>\n<p>In the EU, wallet providers must hold authorization as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation.<\/p>\n<p>While these rules are in line with custodial wallet and exchange requirements, they go far beyond what is &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/08\/47107111\/google-plays-new-licensing-rules-threaten-non-custodial-crypto-wallets-in-us-eu\" alt=\"Google\" play new licensing rules threaten non-custodial crypto wallets in us eu>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet Inc.\u2018s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google has introduced new licensing requirements for cryptocurrency wallet applications on its Play Store, a move critics argue could block many non-custodial wallets from reaching users in key markets. The updated policy applies to developers in 15 jurisdictions, including the United States and the European Union, and mandates compliance with local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-42062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}