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Hogan Lovells

ESMA publishes “Do’s and Don't’s” for CASPs offering unregulated services

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On 11 July 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published guidance for crypto-asset service providers (“CASPs”) offering both regulated (under the EU's Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (“MiCA”)) and...more

A&O Shearman

Legal hot takes – the ECB’s Digital Euro

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The Digital Euro project is the European Central Bank’s (ECB) response to the changing landscape of consumer payments, driven by the rise of cryptocurrency, payment fintechs and electronic transactions. A Digital Euro would...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

An Overview of Europe’s Planned Cryptocurrency Regulations

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In 2020, the European Union proposed a set of regulations known as the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation – MiCA for short – as part of its efforts to “make Europe fit for the digital age and to build a future-ready economy...more

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European Central Bank Executive Board Member Decries “Crypto Gamble” and Echoing SEC Chair Gensler, Calls for Regulation of the...

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In a speech given this week at Columbia University by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), he decried the entire “crypto gamble,” seeing crypto-assets as “bringing about instability...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Parliament Calls for New EU Common Framework for Cryptoassets

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An ECON draft report on digital finance recommends legislative action in relation to cryptoassets and cyber resilience and a framework for digital onboarding. On 4 June 2020, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary...more

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Regulation of Cryptoassets: Imposing Law on the “Wild West”

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2018 was a year of international scrutiny for digital currencies. As regulators around the globe wake up to the potential dangers posed by the new technology (now falling under the umbrella term of “cryptoassets”), pressure...more

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ESMA and EBA Assess Whether Crypto-Assets Are Regulated Under Existing EU Rules and Advise the European Commission to Consider an...

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On Jan. 9, 2019, both the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a report on crypto-assets....more

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