In his lecture, Stefan Huber describes how, although Austria does not have any specific "crypto criminal laws", the provisions of "general" criminal law are however applicable. Problems are more likely to arise during (cross-border) investigations and in connection with freezing orders.
In his lecture, Peter Vcelouch addresses various issues relating to crypto assets under civil law, civil procedural law, and enforcement 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.
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.
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).
