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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

EBA Consultation on Guidelines on redemption plans under Article 47 and 55 of Regulation 2023/1114/EU (MiCAR), 8 March 2024

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On 8 March 2024, the EBA launched a consultation on Guidelines on redemption plans under MiCAR. The Guidelines [...]

ESMA Consultation Paper (CP) on the draft Guidelines on the conditions and criteria for the qualification of crypto-assets as financial instruments, 29 January 2024

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On 29 January 2024, ESMA published a CP on the draft Guidelines on the conditions and criteria for [...]

EBA Consultation Paper on two Guidelines on internal policies, procedures and controls to ensure the implementation of EU and national sanctions (EBA/CP/2023/42), 21 December 2023

December 21st, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On 21 December 2023, the EBA published a Consultation Paper (CP) on 2 draft Guidelines (GLs) on internal [...]

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision public consultation on proposed amendments to its standard on banks’ exposures to crypto-assets, 14 December 2023

December 14th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

On 14 December 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision opened a public consultation on a consultative document [...]

EU co-legislators’ provisional agreement on the Regulation to establish the new Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), 13 December 2023

December 13th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On 13 December 2023, the European Commission announced that the European Parliament and the Council of the EU [...]

OUR TEAM

Monica Monaco
Monica MonacoSecretary
Niels Ploeger
Niels PloegerMember (Bitonic)
Dany Wieken
Dany WiekenMember (Bitonic)
João Marecos
João MarecosMember (Bitrefill)
Helen Beijaard
Helen BeijaardMember (Bitvavo)
Ivars Zukovskis
Ivars ZukovskisMember (BVNK)
Benjamin Buergi
Benjamin BuergiMember (Cardano Foundation)
Nicolas Jacquemart
Nicolas JacquemartMember (Cardano Foundation)
František Vinopal
František VinopalMember (ČKMA)
Adam Chvaja
Adam ChvajaMember (ČKMA)
Dmitrijus Borisenka
Dmitrijus BorisenkaMember (CoinGate)
Dovile Marcikoniene
Dovile MarcikonieneMember (CoinGate)
Luc Smits van Oyen
Luc Smits van OyenMember (Coinmerce)
Nikola Peliova
Nikola PeliovaMember (Coinmerce)
Max Krupyshev
Max KrupyshevMember (CryptoProcessing)
Violaine Champetier de Ribes
Violaine Champetier de RibesMember (CoinsPaid - CryptoProcessing)
Valentyna Savchuk
Valentyna SavchukMember (Cryptopay)
Maria Akulenko
Maria AkulenkoMember (Cryptopay)
Dimitrij Gede
Dimitrij GedeMember (Cryptopay)

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