Authors

Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M.

Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M.

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Bryan Hollmann, LL.M.

Bryan Hollmann, LL.M.

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Sanctions under crypto law: a guide for practitioners

In his lecture, Peter Vcelouch addresses various issues relating to crypto assets under civil law, civil procedural law, and enforcement law.

Financial criminal law sanctions under crypto law

Benjamin Twardosz provides an overview of the law on financial crime and discusses the relevant provisions by looking at five case studies. He illustrates just how important old and new crypto tax law can be when assessing allegations of financial crimes.

When is a white paper required under MiCAR – Applicability and Exceptions

The EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) introduces a general obligation to draw up, notify and publish a white paper. Its purpose is to protect prospective retail holders of crypto-assets by ensuring they receive fair, clear and not misleading information. The white paper must outline the characteristics, functions and risks of the crypto-assets.

Beyond Hyperlinks: MiCAR Whitepaper Compliance for CASPs

The EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) requires certain crypto-asset service providers (CASPs)—namely CASPs operating trading platforms, exchanging crypto-assets for funds or other crypto-assets, providing advice on crypto-assets or providing portfolio management on crypto-assets—to provide their clients with hyperlinks to any white papers for the crypto-assets in relation to which they are providing those services (Art. 66 (3) MiCAR).