Italian Bitcoin store closes on the 27th... failed to obtain MiCA authorization

Italy’s Comproeuro bitcoin store in Rovereto, in the northern Trentino region, will close on November 27 after failing to secure authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The outlet, which opened in December 2017, let customers buy and sell bitcoin on site until December 2025, after which it offered only consulting and education, services that will also end with the closure this month. Marco Amadori, co-founder of inbitcoin and involved in Comproeuro’s operations, said the shop never held customers’ euros or bitcoin over its nine-year run but still could not obtain MiCA approval. The closure illustrates how the EU’s licensing regime is squeezing small physical crypto outlets even when they act only as intermediaries rather than custodians. Watch whether other Italian and EU bitcoin shops without MiCA authorization announce similar shutdowns as the regime’s transition period ends.