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.
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European Commission Publication of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) and Regulation on Transfer of Funds (TFR) in the Official Journal of the European Union, 9 June 2023.
On 9 June 2023, the EU published Regulation 2023/1114/EU (Markets in Crypto-assets Regulation - MiCA) and Regulation 2023/1113/EU (Transfer [...]
European Banking Authority (EBA) Consultation on Guidelines amending the Guidelines EBA/2021/02 on customer due diligence and the factors credit and financial institutions should consider when assessing the money laundering and terrorist financing risk associated with individual business relationships and occasional transactions (‘The ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines’) under Art. 17 and 18(4) of Directive 2015/849/EU (AMLD), 31 May 2023
European Banking Authority (EBA) Consultation on Guidelines amending the Guidelines EBA/2021/02 on customer due diligence and the factors credit and financial institutions should consider when assessing the money laundering and terrorist financing risk associated with individual business relationships and occasional transactions (‘The ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines’) under Art. 17 and 18(4) of Directive 2015/849/EU (AMLD), 31 May 2023
On 31 May 2023, the EBA published a Consultation Paper (CP) on Guidelines amending the ML/TF Risk Factors [...]
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Questions and Answers on the implementation of Regulation 2022/858/EU on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (DLT Pilot Regime Regulation), 31 March 2023
On 31st of March 2023, following the approval of the final legislative text of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 (DLT [...]
European Parliament LIBE/ECON Committee Adoption of the Joint LIBE/ECON Draft Report on the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Regulation proposal, 28 March 2023
On 28th of March 2023, the ECON and LIBE Committees held a joint meeting where they voted on [...]
European Central Bank (ECB) Supervision Newsletter – Crypto-assets: a new standard for banks, 15 February 2023
On 15th of February 2023, the ECB issued its supervision newsletter issue on the prudential treatment of crypto-assets [...]
European Commission Launch of the European Blockchain Regulatory Sandbox, 14 February 2023
On 14 February 2023, the European Commission launched a regulatory sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger [...]
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