The European Commission has unveiled its long-anticipated proposal for “EU Inc.” — an optional, fully digital, EU-wide corporate framework designed to simplify how companies start, operate, and scale across the Single Market. Positioned as the cornerstone of a broader “28th regime,” the initiative aims to address one of the most persistent structural barriers facing European entrepreneurs: legal fragmentation.

In June 2023, the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) entered into force in general, marking the western world’s first comprehensive legal framework for crypto-asset markets. By September 2024, the clock is ticking: some provisions are already live, and the rest will become effective by the end of 2024.