Europe’s landmark crypto regulation, MiCA, was meant to end the “Wild West” era of stablecoins. Proof-of-reserves, capital rules, redemption requirements: on paper, the framework looks reassuring. Yet, in practice, MICA does little to prevent the kind of systemic risks that could emerge once stablecoins become part of the global financial ecosystem. The irony is striking: a regulation meant to contain risk may, in fact, be legitimizing and embedding it. The contagion problem: when DeFi meets TradFi For ...