France’s financial markets regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), has begun accepting applications for crypto asset service providers (CASPs), six months ahead of Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations coming into force. Beginning on Dec. 30, firms that provide any of ten crypto-related services will be required to have CASP authorization that will impose uniform rules for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism, cybersecurity and other aspects of doing business. France is getting a head start on pan-European rulesThe MiCA requirements will replace Franc…