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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

European Banking Authority (EBA) Consultation Paper (CP) on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on requirements for policies and procedures on conflicts of interest for issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) under MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/37), 7 December 2023

December 7th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

On 7 December 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft RTS on requirements for policies and procedures [...]

European Banking Authority (EBA) Consultation Paper (CP) on Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets transfers for money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) purposes under the TFR (‘The Travel Rule Guidelines’) (EBA/CP/2023/35), 23 November 2023

November 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

On 23 November 2023, the EBA published a CP on the draft Travel Rule Guidelines under the TFR. [...]

EBA CP on draft RTS to specify the highly liquid financial instruments in the reserve of assets under Art. 38(5) MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/24), 8 November 2023

November 8th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

On 8 November 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft RTS to specify the highly liquid financial [...]

EBA Consultation Paper (CP) on draft RTS to further specify the liquidity requirements of the reserve of assets under Art. 36(4) MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/25), 8 November 2023

November 8th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

On 8 November 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft RTS to further specify the liquidity requirements [...]

EBA Consultation Paper (CP) on draft RTS to specify the minimum contents of the liquidity management policy and procedures under Art. 45(7)(b) MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/26), 8 November 2023

November 8th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

On 8 November 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft RTS to specify the minimum contents of [...]

EBA Consultation Paper (CP) on draft Guidelines establishing the common reference parameters of the stress test scenarios for the liquidity stress tests referred in Art. 45(4) MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/27), 8 November 2023

November 8th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

On 8 November 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft Guidelines establishing the common reference parameters of [...]

OUR TEAM

Monica Monaco
Monica MonacoSecretary
Mauro Lorenzo Halve
Mauro Lorenzo HalveMember (Amdax)
Niels Ploeger
Niels PloegerMember (Bitonic)
Dany Wieken
Dany WiekenMember (Bitonic)
Natalia Posada
Natalia PosadaMember (Bitpace)
Anjela Kalenova
Anjela KalenovaMember (Bitpace)
Alisa Komarova
Alisa KomarovaMember (BitPay)
Themistokis Klapadakis
Themistokis KlapadakisMember (BitPay)
Momchil Tsvetkov
Momchil TsvetkovMember (BitPay)
Aart Jan Thomas de Jong
Aart Jan Thomas de JongMember (BitPay)
Jonathan Arler
Jonathan ArlerMember (BitPay)
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)
Jem Tatar
Jem TatarMember (Zodia Custody)
 Paul de Ruiter
Paul de RuiterMember (Zodia Custody)

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