Austria FMA guide on ICO and Tokens The Austrian Financial Markets Authority, FMA, published a complete guide on ICOs. It follows a prior analysis on its "2018-2023 strategy report" and similar efforts of other regulators. The FMA considers
France Discussion Paper AMF on Oct. 22, 2017 The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) published209 on October 22 a discussion paper regarding its analysis of the application of existing regulatory framework to ICOs and future regulatory options. Current Framework While most
Estonia Estonian Supreme Court on virtual currencies Estonian Supreme Court (Riigikohus) has discussed trade in virtual currencies (namely Bitcoins) in its 11 April 2016 decision No 3-2-1-75-15.226 The court found that trading in virtual currencies amounts to trading in
Singapore Regulatory statements on Singapore Press release on regulatory position on the offer of digital tokens, August 1, 2017144 On August 1st, 2017 , the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a press release clarifying the conditions under which
PRC Closing Miner Activities In a most recent step, and as mentioned above, the authorities seem to also want to stop all mining activities. While, according to most recent news reports,174 the PBoC does not seem
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
Germany BaFin Statement BaFin has issued a regulatory statement that classifies Bitcoin and similar virtual currencies as a financial instrument for purposes of the KWG. This was followed by BaFin's warnings to consumers of November 9,
PRC Closing of Crypto-Exchanges According to various news report169 of September 2017, the Office of Leading Group for Internet Financial Risk Special Rectification ("互联网金融风险专项整治工作领导小组办公室") released the relevant Notice on Rectification for Initial Coin Offerings. This
