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ARTICLE · 03 JULY 2023

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Around the world, blockchain technology is developing at a rapid pace, and has the potential to significantly reshape market infrastructure. The EU has introduced new rules for a harmonized regulatory...

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Reshaping Market Infrastructures

Around the world, blockchain technology is developing at a rapid pace, and has the potential to significantly reshape market infrastructure. The EU has introduced new rules for a harmonized regulatory framework governing blockchain-based products and services. The framework will foster innovation and lift barriers that prevent growth potential. The new rules are currently being phased in. This article outlines the legislative package and its impact.

EU Digital Finance Package

Crypto-assets used to be subject to EU financial regulatory requirements only if they qualified as financial instruments, such as security tokens. Other crypto-assets were, if at all, only subject to the fragmented local laws of the EU Member States, resulting in an uneven playing field and obstacles to digitalization and to the success of new technologies in the EU. The new EU regulatory framework covering those crypto-assets primarily consists of the

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