European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has announced a public hearing on “Digital assets – challenges for the competitiveness and integrity of the EU’s financial system” scheduled for 3 December 2025. The session will run from 11:00 to 12:30 and is intended to support ECON’s upcoming own-initiative report, which will examine challenges posed by digital assets and assess whether the Union’s regulatory framework, including MiCAR, is adequate to safeguard competitiveness, integrity and EU monetary sovereignty. Invited experts will provide input to the Committee’s work.