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What is an Asset-Reference Token? Lessons from the Ethena Case

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Regulation 1114/2023 (the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, or MiCA) became fully applicable in January 2025. Since then, many businesses have successfully received authorization from national competent authorities to...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Turbo-Zertifikate im Visier – BaFin plant neue Produktintervention

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority has announced that it intends to restrict trading in so-called "turbo certificates", i.e. MiFID bonds that leverage the performance of an underlying asset and expire immediately...more

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BaFin consultation on proposed product intervention measure on Turbo Certificates

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On 21 May 2025 the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - BaFin) has launched a consultation (GZ: WA 35-Wp 5427/00001#00554; available here (in German only)) prior to...more

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Top Tips for Doing Capital Markets Deals in Germany (Updated)

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This practical note was originally published by Practical Law Capital Markets. A practice note setting out top tips from German counsel for doing capital markets deals in Germany. It highlights issues of which lawyers from...more

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Takeover Monitor: Current German Public Tender Offers | Issue 5

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The Morgan Lewis Takeover Monitor documents public tender ofers in Germany for Morgan Lewis clients and interested persons. This issue covers published and announced current offers as of November 23, 2022. PUBLIC TENDER...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - November 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Telegram Submits Answer to SEC Complaint Regarding TON Blockchain Network - On November 12, Telegram Group Inc. (Telegram) submitted its answer and affirmative defenses to a complaint filed against...more

Jones Day

Game Changer for Cryptocurrency in Germany? Court Holds No License Required to Trade Bitcoins

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The Court Decision: On September 25, 2018, the Higher Regional Court of Berlin held that bitcoins would not qualify as financial instruments for the purposes of the German Banking Act (Kreditwesengesetz, "KWG"), thus...more

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ICOs and Token Regulation from a German Perspective

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The Situation: In February 2018, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin") published an advisory letter on the classification of tokens as financial instruments, which was widely criticized for being too...more

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