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MiCAR

MiCAR now finally approved

03/05/2023

After a compromise on MiCAR was reached last June, the legal linguistic review and the translations of the text in all of the official languages of the EU proved to be quite a burdensome process.

Peer Review Report on the authorisation of Payment Institutions (PIs) and Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) by the national authorities / financial regulators

EBA publishes report on authorisation under the Payment Services Directive

11/01/2023

Today the EBA published a Peer Review Report on the authorisation of Payment Institutions (PIs) and Electronic Money Institutions (EMIs) by the national authorities / financial regulators.

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Political agreement on the adoption of the Crypto Travel Rule

01/07/2022

In this blog, we look at what has changed from the European Commission’s initial proposal on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets during the legislative course.

Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation in the home stretch

Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation in the home stretch

05/07/2022

After reaching an agreement on the so-called Crypto Travel Rule, an agreement was now also reached on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation or MiCAR.

Outsourcing your Justice Coordination Cell

Outsourcing your Justice Coordination Cell

09/02/2022

In this blogpost, we discuss two important and mandatory positions regarding the Justice Coordination Cell that may be outsourced.

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Draft regulation 'know your customer' anti-money laundering legislation

31/01/2022

The draft Regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets and the ECB’s opinion

Belgian Justice Coordination Cell

Foreign operators and the Belgian Justice Coordination Cell

19/01/2022

How does the Belgian data retention obligation affect foreign electronic communications network operators or providers of electronic communications services?

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is now legal tender, so what does this mean?

14/06/2021

The President of El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. Citizens may now pay anywhere using Bitcoin, businesses will be obliged to accept Bitcoin, and even taxes may be paid in Bitcoin.

EU

EU to regulate markets in crypto-assets

10/11/2020

On 24 September 2020, the EU launched its digital finance package, including a number of strategies and legislative proposals. In this blogpost, we will focus particularly on two proposals regarding crypto-assets and distributed ledger technology.

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