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11 Nov Our crypto team has been nominated for the Dutch Blockchain Awards 2022!

Posted at 13:24h in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Inge Lakwijk, Marlinde Nannings, News, Rens Kattenbelt, Willem-Jan Smits

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...

16 May Watsonlaw welcomes paralegal Marlinde Nannings

Posted at 15:17h in career, Crypto, Marlinde Nannings, News

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...

05 Apr Whitepaper MiCA

Posted at 14:22h in MiCA, Publicaties

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...

01 Apr Crypto-gaming, a game of skill or an online gambling industry?

Posted at 12:34h in Blog, Rens Kattenbelt

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

Posted at 11:00h 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

Posted at 17:23h 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!

Posted at 14:44h in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, Inge Lakwijk, News, Willem-Jan Smits

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)?

Posted at 15:50h in Blog, Crypto, Eline Janssen

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.

Posted at 22:08h in Camiel Vermeulen, Crypto, Eline Janssen, News, Willem-Jan Smits

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

Posted at 12:32h 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...