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Articles and reports on national legal regulations and developments in the field of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, ICOs and STOs within Italy.

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Italian Inland Revenue

The Italian Inland Revenue (Agenzia delle Entrate), through resolution of September 2016240 [https://www.legalico.io/references#240], on the basis of the judgement of the EU Court of Justice (Case C-264/14)

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
Italy

Court of Verona - decision on Bitcoin

The Court of Verona stated that the "the purchase of cryptocurrencies (i.e. Bitcoins) - which should be classified as financial instruments - is a transaction that can be defined as highly

  • Coala
    Coala
1 min read
Italy

OneCoin - Italian Antitrust Authority

Through resolutions dated December 2016 and August 2017238 [https://www.legalico.io/references#238], the Italian Antitrust Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato)---empowered by the Italian Consumer Protection Code---suspended activities,

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
Italy

Crypt Trade - CONSOB Resolution n. 20207 (Dec. 6, 2017)

Crypt Trade is a platform for trading and advising services about cryptocurrencies based in Alicante (Spain) and Glasgow (UK). The platform was offering "cryptocurrencies' extraction kits" which involved (i) a

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
Italy

Bank of Italy Warning letter

In January 2015, Bank of Italy released a statement236 [https://www.legalico.io/references#236] stating that virtual coins are "the digital representation of a value, not issued by a Central Bank

  • Coala
    Coala
1 min read
Italy

Example of ICOs in Italy

There are many examples of ICOs launched by Italian residents or publicized in Italy, but the vast majority of them were launched through foreign incorporated legal entities (e.g. https://eidoo.io [https:

  • Coala
    Coala
1 min read
Italy
Italy

Italy

As a member state of the European Union, Italy's financial regulation framework is subject to EU directives and regulations including key legislation such us the Prospectus Regulation, the Markets in Financial

  • Coala
    Coala
5 min read
Italy

CONSOB notice

The Italian security commission (CONSOB) issued on December 4 2017 a warning summarizing the ESMA statements237 [https://www.legalico.io/references#237], regarding investors and firms: * The speculative nature of ICOs with not

  • Xavier Lavayssière
    Xavier Lavayssière
1 min read
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