1. Introduction: Establishing the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has been referred to as the centrepiece of the new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package by the EU Commission. Broadly speaking, it will promote...
1. Introduction: The recast of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD) and new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) serve the primary purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) package to increase and facilitate cooperation...
1. Introduction: The Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) was adopted in 2015, laying down rules on the necessary payer and payee information that must accompany transfers of funds within the EU....
1. Introduction: In July 2021, the European Commission presented a new package of legislative proposals to strengthen the measures against money laundering and financing of terrorism across the European Union. This...
Artificial intelligence has revolutionised the way we interact with technology, and one of the most recent and impressive examples of this is the development of language models such as ChatGPT. However,...
1 - Crypto-Asset Service Providers Crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) are companies that help users control, trade or store their crypto-assets. Examples include Luxembourg based Blockchain.com, a virtual cryptocurrency wallet provider responsible...
1. Setting the Scene According to the MiCA Article 3 definitions, asset-referenced and e-money tokens are crypto assets primarily intended as means of exchange that purport to maintain a stable value...
1. Present Regulatory Environment With the exception of a few European national jurisdictions that have adopted domestic crypto-assets regimes, such as Malta and France, the admission and offering of crypto-assets on European...
1. Choice of legislative instrument One of the first things to appreciate about MiCA is that this legislative document takes the form of a Regulation. Unlike Directives, Regulations are a form...
1. Introduction As mentioned in the introductory part of this series, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation is part of the Digital Finance Package, which aims to support digital finance innovation by...
