Ripple’s top legal and European policy leads met with Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Gilles Roth to discuss the company’s push to obtain a license in the Grand Duchy—a move that would position the US fintech to passport regulated digital-asset services across the European Union under MiCA.

What Ripple’s Luxembourg Meeting Reveals

After the meeting, Roth struck a decidedly welcoming tone, writing via X: “Great meeting with Ripple, as they advance toward securing their license to operate in Luxembourg. We discussed their ambitions in Europe and Luxembourg, and I reaffirmed our commitment to digital innovation.”

Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s chief legal officer, framed Luxembourg as emblematic of the EU’s first-mover regulatory posture: “The EU led in creating comprehensive rules for digital

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