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MiCAR Review: Time To Rethink The Regulatory Approach To Asset-referenced Tokens
The European Commission's review of MiCAR presents a critical opportunity to reconsider how asset-referenced tokens are regulated. With no authorised ART issuers to date, the current framework may be imposing disproportionate regulatory burdens that fail to distinguish between tokens creating genuine counterparty risk and those representing direct ownership of underlying assets. Should European regulators adopt a more nuanced approach that differentiates asset-referenced tokens from asset-representing token
Liechtenstein Finance
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NAGELE Attorneys at Law LLC
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Reverse Solicitation Under MiCAR – What Third-country Providers Need To Bear In Mind
As the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) becomes fully applicable on 1 July 2026, third-country crypto-asset service providers face critical decisions about market access. Article 61's 'reverse solicitation' exception offers a narrow pathway for serving EEA clients without authorisation, but ESMA's guidelines reveal strict conditions that may catch many providers off guard.
Liechtenstein Finance
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Niedermüller Attorneys
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EU Crowdfunding Regulation Finally Applies In Liechtenstein: ECSPR Licensing, €5 Million Offers And EEA Passporting From August 2026
A regulatory gap that had existed for several years between the European Union and the EEA EFTA States has now closed: since 1 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, generally referred to as the ECSPR, is applicable in Liechtenstein, opening a harmonised authorisation route for qualifying crowdfunding platforms and, more importantly from a commercial perspective, bringing Liechtenstein within the European cross-border framework for regulated crowdfunding services.
European Union Finance
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Bergt & Partner AG
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Article
MiCAR Review: Time To Rethink The Regulatory Approach To Asset-referenced Tokens
The European Commission's review of MiCAR presents a critical opportunity to reconsider how asset-referenced tokens are regulated. With no authorised ART issuers to date, the current framework may be imposing disproportionate regulatory burdens that fail to distinguish between tokens creating genuine counterparty risk and those representing direct ownership of underlying assets. Should European regulators adopt a more nuanced approach that differentiates asset-referenced tokens from asset-representing token
Liechtenstein Finance
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NAGELE Attorneys at Law LLC
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Reverse Solicitation Under MiCAR – What Third-country Providers Need To Bear In Mind
As the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) becomes fully applicable on 1 July 2026, third-country crypto-asset service providers face critical decisions about market access. Article 61's 'reverse solicitation' exception offers a narrow pathway for serving EEA clients without authorisation, but ESMA's guidelines reveal strict conditions that may catch many providers off guard.
Liechtenstein Finance
NA
Niedermüller Attorneys
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EU Crowdfunding Regulation Finally Applies In Liechtenstein: ECSPR Licensing, €5 Million Offers And EEA Passporting From August 2026
A regulatory gap that had existed for several years between the European Union and the EEA EFTA States has now closed: since 1 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, generally referred to as the ECSPR, is applicable in Liechtenstein, opening a harmonised authorisation route for qualifying crowdfunding platforms and, more importantly from a commercial perspective, bringing Liechtenstein within the European cross-border framework for regulated crowdfunding services.
European Union Finance
BP
Bergt & Partner AG
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