05 Apr Whitepaper MiCA
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...
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01 Apr Crypto-gaming, a game of skill or an online gambling industry?
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...
17 Mar Even students from France find their way to Watsonlaw
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in Benjamin Fontani, career, Crypto, Finance & Securities, Financial Markets, News, Technology
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...
01 Feb MiCA – Market Abuse Prevention under MiCA
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in Blog, Blog Finance, Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Marlinde Nannings, MiCA, Rens Kattenbelt, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits
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...
25 Nov We have been nominated for the Dutch Blockchain Awards 2021!
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...
24 Aug Are you subject to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (Wwft)?
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...
04 Mar American blockchain software developer Tendermint invests in Ocean Blue’s Tgrade.
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...
21 Sep New partner Watsonlaw: Olaf Poorthuis
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in career, Construction and infrastructure, Financial Markets, Food & agri, News, Retail
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...
03 May Vergaderrechten onder de Spoedwet Covid-19
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in Blog, Camiel Vermeulen, Corporate Litigation, Eline Janssen, Maarten van Ingen, Thomas Schelfaut
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...
24 Nov How the FATF travel rule relates to AMLD5
The emergence of the Distributed Ledger Technology has completely transformed the ability of businesses and individuals to transfer money and raise capital by cutting out middlemen, raising payment efficiency and...