THE BLOCKCHAIN AND VIRTUAL CURRENCIES WORKING GROUP
The Blockchain and Virtual Currencies Working Group (WG) is a group of industry representatives; the WG is registered in the European Transparency register under number: 635727423661-17
The Members of the Blockchain and Virtual Currencies Working Group (WG) adhere to the following Ethical Guidelines.

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EBA publication of a statement on the application of Regulation 2023/1114/EU (MiCAR) to asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and e-money tokens (EMTs) and the announcement of the priorities for the supervision of ART and EMT issuers in 2024/2025, 5 July 2024
On 5 July 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published a statement to remind persons who are issuing/offering [...]
EBA Publication of the Guidelines on information requirements in relation to transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers under Regulation 2023/1113/EU (Travel Rule Guidelines), 4 July 2024
On 4 July 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) issued new Guidelines (GLs) on the travel rule, namely [...]
ESMA publication of its Second Final Report on draft technical standards specifying certain requirements of Regulation 2023/1114/EU (MiCAR) – second package, 4 July 2024
On 4 July 2024, ESMA published its Second Final Report under MiCAR. The report covers 8 draft technical [...]
BIS Basel Committee approval of a disclosure framework and capital standard for banks’ crypto-asset exposures and amendments to interest rate risk in the banking book standard, and agreement to consult on third-party risk principles, 3 July 2024
On 3 July 2024, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published an item on the Basel Committee on [...]
EBA and ESMA publication of joint guidelines on suitability of management body members and shareholders for entities under MiCAR, 27 June 2024
On 27 June 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published [...]
Publication of the European Commission Delegated Regulation 2024/1774/EU supplementing Regulation 2022/2554/EU (DORA) with regard to RTS specifying ICT risk management tools, methods, processes and policies and the simplified ICT risk management framework in the Official Journal of the European Union, 25 June 2024
On 25 June 2024, the European Commission Delegated Regulation 2024/1774/EU supplementing DORA was published in the Official Journal [...]
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