Resources AllDLT/BlockchainCrypto-assets/Security tokensStablecoins/CBDCSmart contractsIdentityTaxation & AMLData & AIDigital Infrastructure & Cybersecurity 27.03.2023 DAC8 Proposal – Consultation Feedback Download 24.11.2022 Position paper – Effective AML policy for crypto-assets and CASPs in the EU Download 22.11.2022 MiCA Regulation Analysis and Implication for BC4EU Members Download 28.04.2022 MiCAR proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 TFR (travel rule) proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 European Financial Stability and Integration Review – Decentralised Finance state of the art and policy challenges (Chapter 3) (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and DLT in financial markets – HM Treasury response to consultation (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 US Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (March 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework – public consultation document (March 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 IOSCO’s Decentralized Finance Report (March 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 Financial Stability Board’s Assessment of Risks to Financial Stability from Crypto-Assets (February 2022) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 4: Revision of the 2015 Regulation on Transfers of Funds to trace transfers of crypto-assets (July 2021) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 3: Directive on AML/CFT (“AMLD6”), replacing the existing Directive 2015/849/EU (the fourth AML directive as amended by the fifth AML directive) (July 2021) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 2: Regulation on AML/CFT, containing directly-applicable rules, including in the areas of Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership (July 2021) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 1: Regulation establishing a new EU AML/CFT Authority (July 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 4 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 3 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 2 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 1 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 FATF draft updated guidance for a risk-based approach to virtual assets and VASPs (March 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ESMA report to European Commission on the use of FinTech by CSDs (August 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 European Commission adopts Proposal amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 European Commission “Study on safety and liability related aspects of software” (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 Council adopts position on DLT pilot regime (July 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 UK Government opens consultation on “Amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 Statutory Instrument 2022” (July 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECB working paper: “A unified framework for CBDC design: remuneration, collateral haircuts and quantity constraints” (July 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON MEPs agree on DLT pilot regime (July 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission proposal for a regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain and Cybersecurity (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission consultation on the European Strategy for Data (May 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Convergence of Blockchain, AI and IoT (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission, Shaping Europe’s Digital Future (February 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 Michele Finck, Blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation (July 2019) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission Action Plan on Anti-money Laundering (May 2020) Download 19.05.2021 CEPS, Europe’s Digital Identification Opportunity (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission, How eIDAS can legally support digital identity and trustworthy DLT-based transactions in the Digital Single Market (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain and Digital Identity (May 2019) Download 19.05.2021 Germany, Industry 4.0 Law Testbed results (May 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission Study on Blockchains – Legal, governance and interoperability aspects (February 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 UK Jurisdiction Taskforce, Legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts (November 2019) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Legal and regulatory framework of blockchains and smart contracts (February 2019) Download 19.05.2021 ECB Report on a digital euro (October 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 ECB Paper on Stablecoins: Implications for monetary policy, financial stability, market infrastructure and payments, and banking supervision in the euro area (September 2020) Download 19.05.2021 German Ministry of Finance, The Digital Programmable Euro (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Banque de France, Digital currencies: from myth to innovative projects (July 2020, In French only) Read more 19.05.2021 FATF, Report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on So-called Stablecoins (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 CPMI, Enhancing cross-border payments: building blocks of a global roadmap (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Sveriges Riksbank, Economic Review: Second special issue on the e-krona (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Italian Banking Association, 10 considerations for a central bank digital currency (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 ECB, A regulatory and financial stability perspective on global stablecoins (May 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 Dutch National Bank, Report on CBDC (April 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 FSB consultative document on global stablecoins (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Bank of England, Discussion Paper on CBDC (March 2020) Download 19.05.2021 IOSCO Report on Stablecoins (March 2020) Download 19.05.2021 ECB, Tiered CBDC and the financial system (January 2020) Download 19.05.2021 ECB, Exploring anonymity in central bank digital currencies (December 2019) Download 19.05.2021 European Parliament report on DLT Pilot Regime (March 2021) Download 19.05.2021 European Parliament Report on MiCA (February 2021) Download 19.05.2021 ECB Opinion on MiCA (February 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Parliament, Report with recommendations on Digital Finance: emerging risks in crypto-assets – regulatory and supervisory challenges in the area of financial services, institutions and markets (October 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union, Final Report (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Parliament Report on Crypto-Assets (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 BIS Quarterly Review (March 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain and the future of digital assets (February 2020) Download 19.05.2021 AMF (France), Review and analysis of the application of financial regulations to security tokens (February 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Liechtenstein Blockchain Act (October 2019) Read more 19.05.2021 FCA (UK) Guidance on crypto-assets (July 2019) Download 19.05.2021 FSB, Crypto-assets Work underway, regulatory approaches and potential gap (May 2019) Download 19.05.2021 EBA report on crypto-assets for the European Commission (January 2019) Download 19.05.2021 ESMA Advice on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets (January 2019) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission Digital Finance Strategy (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 European Parliament, Internal Market Committee opinion on the Digital Services Act (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Governance of and with Blockchains (June 2019) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain Use Cases in Healthcare (June 2019) Download 19.05.2021 Germany, Blockchain Strategy of the Federal Government (March 2019) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission, Blockchain Now and Tomorrow (October 2019) Read more 28.04.2022 MiCAR proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 TFR (travel rule) proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 European Financial Stability and Integration Review – Decentralised Finance state of the art and policy challenges (Chapter 3) (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and DLT in financial markets – HM Treasury response to consultation (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 IOSCO’s Decentralized Finance Report (March 2022) Read more 23.08.2021 ESMA report to European Commission on the use of FinTech by CSDs (August 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 Council adopts position on DLT pilot regime (July 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON MEPs agree on DLT pilot regime (July 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission Digital Finance Strategy (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 European Parliament, Internal Market Committee opinion on the Digital Services Act (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Governance of and with Blockchains (June 2019) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain Use Cases in Healthcare (June 2019) Download 19.05.2021 Germany, Blockchain Strategy of the Federal Government (March 2019) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission, Blockchain Now and Tomorrow (October 2019) Read more 22.11.2022 MiCA Regulation Analysis and Implication for BC4EU Members Download 28.04.2022 MiCAR proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 TFR (travel rule) proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 European Financial Stability and Integration Review – Decentralised Finance state of the art and policy challenges (Chapter 3) (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and DLT in financial markets – HM Treasury response to consultation (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 US Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (March 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework – public consultation document (March 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 IOSCO’s Decentralized Finance Report (March 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 Financial Stability Board’s Assessment of Risks to Financial Stability from Crypto-Assets (February 2022) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 4 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 3 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 2 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 ECON Committee publishes amendments to MiCAR – Part 1 (June 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 FATF draft updated guidance for a risk-based approach to virtual assets and VASPs (March 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 UK Government opens consultation on “Amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 Statutory Instrument 2022” (July 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Parliament report on DLT Pilot Regime (March 2021) Download 19.05.2021 European Parliament Report on MiCA (February 2021) Download 19.05.2021 ECB Opinion on MiCA (February 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Parliament, Report with recommendations on Digital Finance: emerging risks in crypto-assets – regulatory and supervisory challenges in the area of financial services, institutions and markets (October 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 High Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union, Final Report (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Parliament Report on Crypto-Assets (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 BIS Quarterly Review (March 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain and the future of digital assets (February 2020) Download 19.05.2021 AMF (France), Review and analysis of the application of financial regulations to security tokens (February 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Liechtenstein Blockchain Act (October 2019) Read more 19.05.2021 FCA (UK) Guidance on crypto-assets (July 2019) Download 19.05.2021 FSB, Crypto-assets Work underway, regulatory approaches and potential gap (May 2019) Download 19.05.2021 EBA report on crypto-assets for the European Commission (January 2019) Download 19.05.2021 ESMA Advice on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets (January 2019) Download 22.11.2022 MiCA Regulation Analysis and Implication for BC4EU Members Download 28.04.2022 UK regulatory approach to cryptoassets, stablecoins and DLT in financial markets – HM Treasury response to consultation (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 US Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (March 2022) Read more 23.08.2021 ECB working paper: “A unified framework for CBDC design: remuneration, collateral haircuts and quantity constraints” (July 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 ECB Report on a digital euro (October 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 ECB Paper on Stablecoins: Implications for monetary policy, financial stability, market infrastructure and payments, and banking supervision in the euro area (September 2020) Download 19.05.2021 German Ministry of Finance, The Digital Programmable Euro (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Banque de France, Digital currencies: from myth to innovative projects (July 2020, In French only) Read more 19.05.2021 FATF, Report to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on So-called Stablecoins (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 CPMI, Enhancing cross-border payments: building blocks of a global roadmap (July 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Sveriges Riksbank, Economic Review: Second special issue on the e-krona (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Italian Banking Association, 10 considerations for a central bank digital currency (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 ECB, A regulatory and financial stability perspective on global stablecoins (May 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 Dutch National Bank, Report on CBDC (April 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 FSB consultative document on global stablecoins (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 Bank of England, Discussion Paper on CBDC (March 2020) Download 19.05.2021 IOSCO Report on Stablecoins (March 2020) Download 19.05.2021 ECB, Tiered CBDC and the financial system (January 2020) Download 19.05.2021 ECB, Exploring anonymity in central bank digital currencies (December 2019) Download 19.05.2021 Germany, Industry 4.0 Law Testbed results (May 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission Study on Blockchains – Legal, governance and interoperability aspects (February 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 UK Jurisdiction Taskforce, Legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts (November 2019) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Legal and regulatory framework of blockchains and smart contracts (February 2019) Download 23.08.2021 European Commission adopts Proposal amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity (June 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 CEPS, Europe’s Digital Identification Opportunity (June 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission, How eIDAS can legally support digital identity and trustworthy DLT-based transactions in the Digital Single Market (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain and Digital Identity (May 2019) Download 27.03.2023 DAC8 Proposal – Consultation Feedback Download 28.04.2022 TFR (travel rule) proposal – three-column table for trilogues (April 2022) Read more 28.04.2022 OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework – public consultation document (March 2022) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 4: Revision of the 2015 Regulation on Transfers of Funds to trace transfers of crypto-assets (July 2021) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 3: Directive on AML/CFT (“AMLD6”), replacing the existing Directive 2015/849/EU (the fourth AML directive as amended by the fifth AML directive) (July 2021) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 2: Regulation on AML/CFT, containing directly-applicable rules, including in the areas of Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership (July 2021) Read more 24.08.2021 Commission AML/CFT package part 1: Regulation establishing a new EU AML/CFT Authority (July 2021) Read more 23.08.2021 UK Government opens consultation on “Amendments to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 Statutory Instrument 2022” (July 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission Action Plan on Anti-money Laundering (May 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission consultation on the European Strategy for Data (May 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Convergence of Blockchain, AI and IoT (April 2020) Download 19.05.2021 European Commission, Shaping Europe’s Digital Future (February 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 Michele Finck, Blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation (July 2019) Download 28.04.2022 US Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (March 2022) Read more 23.08.2021 European Commission “Study on safety and liability related aspects of software” (June 2021) Read more 19.05.2021 European Commission proposal for a regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (September 2020) Read more 19.05.2021 EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, Blockchain and Cybersecurity (June 2020) Download