The Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation was finally adopted during the spring of 2023 and is expected to come into force on December 30, 2024. Regulation (as opposed to a Directive) means direct application (without the countries having to ratify it), it will still require local regulators to create domestic Read more…
In this episode, I explore the key elements of the MICA regulation that was approved in the spring of 2023, its problematic elements, and the implications it will have in the FinTech space. If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a Read more…
Here is a short (comparing to the original 200+ pages) summary of the future EU Regulation on how EU-wide crypto licenses and issuance of crypto assets may look like. Key EU policy priorities: Expressed clear preference for harmonizing local counties domestic crypto licensing regimes to make them unified and passportable; Read more…
This is a short and sweet episode about the reasons that the vast majority of retail public investors want to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, and the tokens that you should and shouldn’t consider offering to your customers if you are a fiat-focused fintech looking to branch out into the crypto Read more…