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

Hogan Lovells on 7/22/2025

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

Bitcoin-Halving steht vor der Tür

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/28/2024

Nach der Zulassung von Krypto-ETF in den USA steht mit dem für Mitte April 2024 erwarteten Bitcoin-Halving demnächst ein weiteres Fundamental-Ereignis für die Krypto-Branche vor der Tür. Die Zulassung sogenannter Bitcoin-Spot...more

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, February 2024

Hogan Lovells on 3/7/2024

Key developments of interest over the last month include: the European Parliament’s ECON Committee adopting draft reports on the European Commission’s PSR and PSD3 legislative proposals; ESMA consulting on 'reverse...more

Legal hot takes – the ECB’s Digital Euro

A&O Shearman on 8/7/2023

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

European Commission Proposes Legal Framework for Digital Euro

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/6/2023

The European Commission (“Commission”) published its ‘Single Currency Package’ on 28 June 2023 with proposals to establish a legal framework for the creation of a potential digital euro alongside the cash euro. The...more

Control is Key: The Key is Control

Sullivan & Worcester on 8/10/2022

1. Radical proposal to reform English property law - The Law Commission’s “Digital Assets: Consultation Paper” (Consultation) proposes a radical change to English law by suggesting there should be a new category of property...more

An Overview of Europe’s Planned Cryptocurrency Regulations

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 5/23/2022

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

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

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 4/29/2022

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

[Event] 16th Annual Flagship Conference on U.S. Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance - May 5th - 6th, Washington, DC

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 3/30/2022

ACI’s Annual Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance is widely regarded as the premier conference designed for those working in global sanctions compliance, internal audits and investigations,...more

Spain enacts first legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies

White & Case LLP on 11/23/2021

On 21 October this year, the Bank of Spain created the registry where service providers for both the exchange of virtual currency for fiat currency and the custody of electronic wallets must register, as a result of the...more

AAA plc & ors v Persons Unknown: Cyber Activism or Blackmail?

White & Case LLP on 11/2/2021

In recent years, demands for payments in cryptocurrencies have become the ransom of choice for cyber extortionists and other online frauds. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health lockdowns precipitated an...more

New EU Digital Finance Rules by the End of 2020

K&L Gates LLP on 7/13/2020

In a recent address on digital finance in the context of the European Commission’s Digital Finance Outreach, European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, shared some of the Commission’s thinking on...more

France calls for applications for CBDC experimentations

Hogan Lovells on 4/3/2020

The French central bank (Banque de France (BdF)) aims to identify concrete cases integrating central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in innovative procedures for the clearing and settlement of tokenised financial assets...more

Global Payments Newsletter, March 2020

Hogan Lovells on 3/20/2020

Key developments of interest over the last month include: Spain: The Spanish Council of Ministers has approved a draft Bill for the Digital Transformation of the Financial System, which will create a Spanish regulatory...more

Financial Daily Dose 10.9.2019 | Top Story: Chair Powell says Fed will Expand its Treasury Securities Holdings

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/9/2019

Fed Chair Powell, speaking at an economics conference in Denver yesterday, made news by indicating that the central bank would “once again begin expanding its portfolio of government-backed securities”—a shift in policy...more

BitBlog Weekly Summary

Polsinelli on 9/18/2019

This week’s summary includes updates on anti-money laundering in the crypto-friendly nation of Malta and a proposal to regulate cryptocurrency miners in the United States to help stop human trafficking....more

Will Regulatory Reform Make Cryptoassets the Next Buyout Boom for Private Equity?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/13/2019

Recent and upcoming regulatory guidance on cryptoassets and the regulation of companies engaged in digital currency, such as issuers, crypto-exchanges, crypto-custodians, crypto-brokers, and other service providers, could...more

Cryptoassets and ICOs: EU Regulators Show Their Hand

White & Case LLP on 1/15/2019

On 9 January 2019, the European Banking Authority (EBA)1 and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)2 published two reports with their advice on cryptoassets for the European Commission (EC) (and in ESMA's case,...more

UK and EU Move Slowly Toward Virtual Currency Regulatory Scheme in Recent Statements

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/5/2018

In the last month, UK and European politicians have been vocal about the regulation, or lack thereof, in the virtual currency sphere. ...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/20/2018

“Pot is the new crypto,” declares Bloomberg, and if you’ve seen how the virtual currencies are faring these days, that should be a warning and not a selling point....more

Virtual Currency Regulation: It’s Here. It’s There. It’s Everywhere.

K2 Integrity on 9/14/2018

The European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive recently became binding upon EU Member States. This latest directive must be enacted by member states by January 10, 2020. ...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/10/2018

As expected based on buzz from late last week, longtime CBS chief Les Moonves is out at the network he’s led for more than 20 years. While his exit has been in the works for some time, a report out yesterday detailing new...more

A Rejection of Globalization: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Regulations in the European Union, the United States and Switzerland

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/8/2018

Globalization is no longer sexy. Brexit, the election of nationalist leaders across both Europe and the United States, and Russia’s resurrection have clearly proven that in today’s world, countries are back to focusing on...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 6/26/2018

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson announced on Monday that it will shift some of its motorcycle production overseas “to avoid retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union” in response to the White House’s trade moves....more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/27/2018

SEC Proposes to Enhance Protections and Preserve Choice for Retail Investors in Their Relationships with Investment Professionals - On April 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose a package of...more

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