Distributed Ledger Technology

While the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation will create obstacles to asset service providers, it will bring more cohesion to crypto regulation in the EU.

Cryptoassets are where DLT began with Bitcoin, but from that initial idea has grown a wide range of initiatives for how to use this technology to trade value, to raise funds or to transfer assets. Meanwhile ideas about how DLT-based digital currency can be structured have also grown, with the advent of stablecoins and interest from governments and central banks.