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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

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

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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

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

EU co-legislators’ political agreement on new rules criminalising the violation of EU sanctions (2022/0398 (COD)), 12 December 2023

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On 12 December 2023, the Council of the EU published a press release which states that, on the [...]

EU co-legislators’ political agreement on rules strengthening asset recovery and confiscation in the EU, 12 December 2023

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On 12 December 2023, the Council of the EU announced that the European Parliament and the Council had [...]

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

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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

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

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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