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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 Commission ‘Have Your Say’ initiative on “supervision of crypto-assets – criteria, procedures & fees”, 8 November 2023

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

On 8 November 2023, the Commission published the following 4 Delegated Regulations for feedback, the deadline for feedback [...]

EBA and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Consultation Paper on two draft Joint Guidelines covering suitability assessment of members of the management body, and suitability of shareholders and members with qualifying holdings of issuers of ARTs and of crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) (EBA/CP/2023/20), 20 October 2023

October 20th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

On 20 October 2023, the EBA and ESMA published a CP on 2 draft Joint Guidelines covering suitability [...]

EBA Consultation Paper (CP) on draft RTS on the procedure for the approval of white papers of ARTs issued by credit institutions (EBA/CP/2023/21), 20 October 2023

October 20th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

On 20 October 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft RTS on the procedure for the approval [...]

EBA Consultation Paper (CP) on draft Guidelines on internal governance arrangements for issuers or ARTs under MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/23), 20 October 2023

October 20th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

On 20 October 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft Guidelines on internal governance arrangements for issuers [...]

EBA Consultation Paper (CP) on draft RTS on the minimum content of the governance arrangements on the remuneration policy under MiCAR (EBA/CP/2023/22), 20 October 2023

October 20th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

On 20 October 2023, the EBA published a CP on draft RTS on the minimum content of the [...]

ESMA Second Consultation Paper (CP) on Technical Standards specifying certain requirements of MiCAR (ESMA75-453128700-438), 5 October 2023

October 5th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

On 5 October 2023, ESMA published its second consultation package under MiCAR. ESMA consults on the following: 2.1 [...]

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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