New Italian Rules for Virtual Asset Service Providers

By Pietro Caliceti on September 30, 2024

Posted in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Economic sanctions, European Union, Featured, GT Alert

With new rules under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation – MiCA), virtual asset service providers operating in Europe are looking for favorable jurisdictions to establish their EU operations and the opportunity to passport their MiCA license in all EU Member States.

The analysis of the national transitional regimes plays…

MICA Regulation: The EU Parliament’s Position on ‘Proof-of-Work’ Mechanism

By Mariafrancesca De Leo, Alessandra Boffa, Bertone Biscaretti di Ruffia, Davide Romeo, Antonio Enrico Izzi & Sara Bernasconi ˘ on July 25, 2022

Posted in Cryptocurrency, European Union, Featured, GT Alert

The latest negotiations on the EU’s crypto-assets Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) have seen the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary affairs (ECON Committee) refusing to order a ban on crypto-assets using the common, but highly energy-consuming, Proof of Work consensus mechanism (PoW).

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