Representatives of key European Union (EU) institutions and member states reached an agreement on the Markets in Crypto Assets regulatory proposal. The progress in the negotiations over the comprehensive legal framework for the Union’s crypto space comes after earlier this week European officials agreed to adopt a set of anti-money laundering rules for cryptocurrency transactions.
Today we put order in the Wild West of crypto assets and set clear rules for a harmonized market. The recent fall in the value of digital currencies shows us how highly risky and speculative they are and that it is fundamental to act.
The important regulation confirms the European Union’s role as a standard-setter for digital issues, the EU said. MiCA will give crypto issuers and providers of related services a “passport” to serve clients across the Union while obliging them to meet “strong requirements to protect consumers’ wallets and become liable in case they lose investors,” a statement emphasized.
Furthermore, stablecoin holders will be offered the security of a free of charge claim at any moment, a move that according to some in industry, such as the Blockchain for Europe lobby group, may lead to a situation in which “stablecoins will basically have no ways to be profitable.”
The latter has been tasked to develop standards for crypto companies to disclose information regarding their environmental and climate footprint, a compromise arrangement allowing the scrapping of the idea to ban the provision of services for PoW coins.
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