ESMA Chair Steven Maijoor in favour of supporting new crypto-asset regulation In his keynote speech at the 3rd Annual FinTech Conference (Brussels, 26 February 2019), the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority addressed issues of existing regulation and spoke in favour of supporting new regulation of crypto assets.
European Union Legal Qualification of Crypto-Assets: survey to NCAs (ESMA Annex 1) There is currently no legal definition of ‘crypto-assets’ within EU financial securities laws. The European Securities and Markets Authority therefore undertook a survey of National Competent Authorities of Member States (NCAs)
EBA's report to the European Commission on crypto-assets The European Banking Authority has issued recommendations of actions intended to address the risks that unregulated crypto-assets create for consumers and the market and the risks that crypto-assets regulated on the national level create for the level playing field.
European Union European Union To date, the European Union has not passed any laws directly targeted at ICOs. Yet, some of the tokens issued via ICOs could fall within the existing regulatory framework. We identify here the
European Union European Union Statements nov 2017 The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) that have been since relayed by national european authorities. One statement is related to risks for investors
