For the second year in a row, we have been nominated for the Dutch Blockchain Awards! This accolade underlines how (international) crypto companies, and leading parties like the Blockchain Netherlands Foundation (BCNL) and its community perceive our cutting-edge crypto team. A team that delivers state-of-the-art...
Analytical. Thorough. Curious. Eye for detail. Not just for financial law, but also for the regulation of crypto currency. Of course, this requires a unique combination of abstract thinking and a practical approach. It is exactly this combination that we have found in a new...
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...
De Covid-19 crisis heeft geleid tot diverse noodverordeningen. Deze waren primair ingegeven door de vrees bestaat voor ernstige wanordelijkheden. Een noodverordening vormt over het algemeen een ernstige inbreuk op grondrechten en wordt daarom zelden uitgevaardigd, maar dit zijn uitzonderlijke tijden. Beperking van grondrechten is echter...
Since their official inception in 2013, having Mastercoin as the first mover, the past few years have seen a massive number of ICOs take place. In 2017 ICOs raised a whopping $5.6 billion in funds for blockchain projects. Estimates further suggest that 30% of the totality of...
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...