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.
OUR AIMS
We foster an industry-led conversation
We help to shape the regulation in a way that does not stifle innovation
We work with regulators; information sharing is fundamental to achieve balanced and forward looking regulation
Which regulatory initiatives concern us?
Can we help in drafting the content of such initiatives?
Tool for each WG member General Counsel/ Compliance officer
OUR POSITIONING
The Bank for International Settlement’s publication of the results from a survey of central banks
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) issued a report about the results of a survey run among central [...]
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) published the amendments to the Commission proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA)
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) presented the report containing the amendments to the [...]
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) published the amendments to the EU Commission proposal for a Regulation on a ‘Pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology’ (DLT Pilot Regime)
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) presented the report containing the amendments to the [...]
The EDPB letter to the European Commission on the protection of personal data in the context of the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legislative proposals
The European Data Protection Board sent a letter to the Commissioner for Justice and the Commissioner for Financial [...]
Bank of Italy publishes a paper on the carbon footprint of TIPS compared to Bitcoin and other infrastructures
The Bank of Italy has published a paper entitled "Markets, Infrastructures and Payment Systems – The carbon footprint [...]
EBA consults on draft RTS setting up an AML/CFT central database
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a public consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) setting up [...]
OUR TEAM
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