Technology Sector, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), EU

Eurosystem update on settling DLT transactions in central bank money

A&O Shearman on 3/3/2025

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a press release confirming its decision to expand its initiative to settle transactions recorded on distributed ledger technology (DLT) in central bank money...more

AML Information Sharing in a Technology-Enabled and Privacy-Conscious World

White & Case LLP on 2/2/2019

Financial firms play an integral role in preventing, identifying, investigating and reporting criminal activity, including terrorist financing, money laundering, and many other finance-related crimes. It is a critical role...more

European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Distributed Ledger Technologies

A&O Shearman on 10/17/2018

The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative resolution entitled "distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation." Of particular relevance to the financial services sector, the...more

Blockchain Uses in Transportation

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/2/2018

Blockchain technology is most well-known for its use with cryptocurrencies, however, it has wider potential applications in other sectors beyond that of banking and financial services. It is being evaluated for uses in the...more

Blockchain: Use Case – Copyright

Hogan Lovells on 11/30/2017

In the context of the digital use of copyrighted works, the concept of the “value gap” has been around for some time. The question is whether authors and rights holders are sufficiently involved in the revenues generated by...more

Europe: Blockchain – How "Smart" are Smart Contracts?

Hogan Lovells on 10/24/2017

In this series of blog posts, we take a look at the current state of play regarding blockchain technology as well as the legal setting with a European and German focus....more