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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a peer review report assessing the authorisation and supervision of a crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...more
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
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation....more
In the short term, firms are likely to face dual authorisation and significant regulatory requirements. On 10 June 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a No Action letter on the relationship between the...more
Three Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (the EU Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) (MiCAR) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, namely: - Commission...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued its final report on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1108, on the criteria for the appointment of central contact...more
The first four months of 2025 proved busy for the UK’s financial regulators, with both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) publishing their strategy and business plan documents. As...more
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published guidelines on: (i) a common approach for the regulatory classification of crypto-assets under the Markets in Crypto-asset Regulation (MiCAR); and (ii) templates for...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published an opinion (dated 25 February) on the European Commission's (EC's) amendments relating to the final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the information to be...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper on the guidelines for the criteria on the assessment of knowledge and competence under Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The...more
Two delegated acts were published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) in respect of the EU MiCAR. - Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/303, which comprises regulatory technical standards specifying the...more
On 25 February 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published a consultation paper outlining a circular that addresses the responsibilities of...more
The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114) (henceforth “MiCA”), which entered into force in June 2023, seeks to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets across the EU. However,...more
On 10 February 2025, the law of 6 February 2025 regarding, notably, digital finance was published in the Official Journal of Luxembourg (the “Law”)....more
Beginning 17 January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to almost all EU financial entities, including banks, insurers and reinsurers, brokers , payment and electronic money institutions,...more
On 30 December 2024 the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation ("MiCA") became applicable to crypto-asset service providers ("CASPs") as well as offerors and persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets in the EU....more
Following the turn of the new year, our UK Regulatory specialists have examined the key regulatory developments in 2025 impacting a range of UK and European firms within the financial services sector. The key dates have been...more
Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin„) hat zum Jahresbeginn ein Merkblatt zu den Kryptowerte-Dienstleistungen gemäß der neuen EU-Verordnung über Märkte für Kryptowerte („MiCAR„) veröffentlicht. Diese...more
On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act"). The Act is intended to complement key measures of the European...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act 2022/2554 (DORA) is a European regulation that will come into force on January 17, 2025. The regulation aims to strengthen the digital operational resilience of the financial sector...more
In her first comments since the July 2024 UK general election, Economic Secretary to the UK Treasury Tulip Siddiq MP delivered a speech at the Tokenisation Summit on 21 November 2024 that outlined the recently elected UK...more
On 13 September 2024 Legislative Decree no. 129/2024 (Decree no. 129), implementing the MiCAR Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets –...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a letter sent to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors providing an update on various workstreams, including on cyber and operational resilience...more