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On 26 July 2018, the Luxembourgish Tax Authorities (ACD) published a circular that seeks to clarify the tax treatment of virtual currencies ...

In order to allow financial market participants to fully explore and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the distributed ledger technology (DLT), which at the same time tackles...

On 2 October 2026, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) published its first FAQ on Tokenisation (Version 1), providing practical guidance for Luxembourg...

In the last decade we have seen companies like Uber, Airbnb, iTunes, and Facebook reach the top of their respective fields extraordinarily quickly after first hitting the scene.

EBA released guidelines amending ML/TF Risk Factors Guidelines to include crypto-asset service providers within its AML framework.

The amendments to Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds (ELTIF 2) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

On 19 March 2026, the Luxembourg Parliament adopted the law implementing Council Directive (EU) 2023/2226 of 17 October 2023, also known as DAC8, amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation...

The long-awaited EU Pilot Regime creating a provisional regulatory framework to test the use of distributed ledger technologies ("DLT") in market infrastructures has been adopted.

A population roughly one tenth the size of Luxembourg's gathered in Lisbon, Portugal last week for the 2016 Web Summit.

On 31 May 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 on information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets ("Regulation (EU) 2023/1113") was adopted.

On 6 October 2025, the European Banking Authority ("EBA") published its report entitled "Tackling ML/TF Risks in Crypto-Asset Services Through Supervision" (the "Report").

The newness of digital-age fintech seems to have worn off. There is less surprise at the concept of online-only banks, less indignation at robots giving investment advice ...

DLT is a technology allowing a network of independent and often geographically dispersed computers to update, share and keep a definitive record of data (e.g. information, transactions) in a common...

What happened before the Bill of Law 7637? On 1 March 2019, a new article 18bis was inserted in the Law of 1 August 2001 on the circulation of securities stating in essence that account keepers may hold securities accounts ...

The formal process of implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/1619 amending Directive 2013/36/EU ("CRD VI") began on 6 October 2025 with the publication of the bill of law n°8627 ("Bill") and its submission to Parliament.

Central banks have a new challenge on their radars: the task of examining frameworks used by financial institutions to manage non-financial risks (NFRs).

Blockchains are the most expensive and most inefficient databases one can imagine.