The Fine Print

As I recently posted in more detail on Ogier Leman's 'Insights' page , the Council of the EU has published a further draft of th...

The European Central Bank has been wrestling with the issue of how to allow a certain degree of privacy in electronic payments using dig...

The regulation of 'cryptoassets' including cryptocurrencies is under permanent review, with the UK's Financial Conduct Author...

The European Parliament has adopted a non-legislative Resolution on distributed ledger technologies (DLT) , including blockchain.  T...

Securities regulators are trying to figure out whether and how to regulate Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). In doing so, they are tending t...

The Maltese and Swiss securities regulators were not alone in focusing on cryptocurrencies over the Christmas break, as staff at the SE...

Not to be outdone by Malta's announcements , the Swiss regulator (FINMA) has published its own ICO guidelines , which complement earl...

The Malta Financial Services Authority, like other regulators, is in the process of consulting on the policy it proposes to adopt for reg...

A busy start to 2016 has meant the blog has suffered, but I have at least co-written an article with Susan McLean of Morrison & Foer...