ESMA has published a new MiCA Q&A on pre-funding clients’ orders with clients’ crypto-assets. CASPs should assess whether their execution, custody, and internal control procedures need updating under MiCA....
Trevor recently joined the Watsonlaw team and was sworn in as an attorney on Friday, 20 February, by the Court of Oost-Brabant. Under the guidance of Maarten van Ingen as his mentor, Trevor strengthens our team in insolvency law and corporate law. During and after his...
ESMA heeft een nieuwe MiCA Q&A gepubliceerd over de reikwijdte van het begrip handelsplatform voor crypto-assets in artikel 78(5) MiCA. Dat is vooral relevant voor CASP’s die cliëntenorders buiten een handelsplatform uitvoeren of hun execution-model daarop hebben ingericht....
Zina joined the Watsonlaw team as a legal assistant in September. She brings over two and a half years of experience as a working student and paralegal and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Law, focusing on private law, including contracts, privacy, and data...
ESMA has published a new MiCA Q&A on the shared order book model. For management teams, the key issue is not only legal interpretation, but also what this means for platform design, governance, and growth strategy under MiCA....
ESMA has published a new MiCA Q&A on proprietary trading under MiCA. For CASPs, the key issue is whether internal trading activity remains purely proprietary or may fall within a regulated MiCA service in practice....
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Watsonlaw is proud to announce that it has successfully assisted Acheron in obtaining a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). This achievement marks a significant milestone—not only is it the 5th MiCA license granted...
Following the entry into force of the Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation (MiCA), on 14 July 2023 the Dutch legislator has started a consultation on the proposal for the MiCA implementation act (Uitvoeringswet verordening cryptoactiva, the Implementation Act) and it’s explanatory memorandum (memorie van toelichting). Under...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) awards humans (data subjects) protection from violation of their privacy by misuse of their personal data. In this sense, the GDPR is a way to protect a basic human right (namely, the right to respect for family and private...
In everyday parlance it is often said that transactions executed with blockchain technology are ‘anonymous’. But how anonymous is data ‘on the blockchain’ really? What we call anonymous in everyday life can, according to the definitions from privacy legislation, be filled with personal data. And...