The draft Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation was released by the European Commission in September 2020. As with most markets-focused regulations, one of MiCA’s priorities is to limit the potential risks to the consumer. But the EC’s proposal also aims to address certain issues that it...
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Virgil van Dijk. All very good practitioners of the sport of football and therefore also highly rated virtual characters in the world-famous football game ‘FIFA’. The most popular playing mode in this virtual football game is FIFA Ultimate Team (“FUT”). In...
Benjamin Fontani will for a period of six months, join our crypto team as a paralegal. A few questions to our new colleague: How did a French student end up at a law firm in Den Bosch? “I grew up in a very international environment and have...
1. Background Market integrity has long been considered a key aspect of investor protection in traditional finance. Measures guaranteeing equal access to information and fair price formation regarding financial instruments have been the subject of EU wide harmonization since 2003, which has resulted in the Market...
We have been nominated for the Dutch Blockchain Awards! This confirms that not just (international) crypto companies, but also leading parties such as the Blockchain Netherlands Foundation (BCNL) and its community, see our crypto team as cutting edge. As a team that delivers state-of-the-art knowledge...
In an earlier blog we discussed the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (Wet ter voorkoming witwassen en financiering van terrorisme), hereinafter Wwft. As the name implies, the aim of the Wwft is to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Various obligations for the...
American blockchain software developer Tendermint has completed a strategic investment in Tgrade, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol developed by Foundation Ocean Blue. Built on the Cosmos blockchain, Tgrade provides developers with the ideal tools to build secure, regulated and robust DeFi products for the next...
Looking further. Planning strategically. Digging deeper. Taking the lead using knowledge, expertise and extreme commitment, to deliver hands-on solutions for complex issues, which dovetail with today’s practice and truly benefit our clients’ interests. This approach has allowed us, at Watsonlaw, to very quickly secure a unique...
Earlier this year, Watson Law and Hekkelman Advocaten decided to enter into a collaboration and vigorously face the future together. The result: a powerful combination in all legal matters involved. Together we are helping entrepreneurs start up their businesses, expanding those businesses and/or discontinuing them in...
There is a new kid on the fundraising block, a bright young mind not yet completely chained by regulatory parenting, but nevertheless one that requires significant nurturing to fulfill its potential. Since its birth in 2013, the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) has taken the world...