Crypto-assets and regulation: new Spanish regulation and European proposal on Markets in Crypto-assets [MICA]

Nº 3 / 2021 - julio-septiembre

Crypto-assets and regulation: new Spanish regulation and European proposal on Markets in Crypto-assets [MICA]

Jaume Martí Miravalls
Universitat de València

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview of the incipient regulatory framework existing in Spain on cryptoassets, but, above all, of the important and expected “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937”.

Keywords: Fintech; Crypto-assets; Regulation.