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    StoneX Group (SNEX) Leans Into MiCA License: Is Its Digital-Asset Bridge Strategy Gaining Traction?

    Simply Wall St·01/08/2026 10:30:06
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    • StoneX Group’s subsidiary StoneX Digital recently obtained a Crypto-Asset Service Provider license under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation from the Central Bank of Ireland, allowing it to offer regulated execution and custody services across the bloc.
    • This move effectively plugs StoneX’s traditional brokerage and clearing infrastructure into the EU’s emerging digital-asset rulebook, potentially strengthening its role as a bridge between conventional and crypto finance for institutional clients.
    • We’ll now examine how this new EU-wide MiCA license could influence StoneX Group’s investment narrative and future digital-asset positioning.

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    What Is StoneX Group's Investment Narrative?

    To own StoneX Group, you have to believe in a global brokerage and payments business that can keep compounding modest earnings while carefully layering on new fee streams. Recent results show steady earnings growth and high‑volume revenues, but also thin margins and low double‑digit return on equity, so small changes in volumes or costs matter. In the near term, key catalysts remain integration of R.J. O’Brien, execution of the buyback, and how well StoneX monetizes its payments and prime brokerage franchises. The new EU MiCA license for StoneX Digital fits into that story as an enabler rather than a game‑changer: it broadens the digital‑asset addressable market and strengthens relationships with clients like Caliber, but is unlikely to move overall group earnings quickly given the size of the core business. The bigger risk is that crypto expansion adds regulatory and compliance complexity on top of already tight margins.

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    SNEX Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Jan 2026
    SNEX Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Jan 2026

    Six fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community range from about US$48 to a very large number, showing just how far apart individual expectations sit. Set that against the more measured earnings growth outlook and thin profit margins discussed above, and it is clear you are weighing very different views on how much StoneX’s expanding digital and payments platforms can contribute over time.

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