Crypto-Asset Regulation · glossary
The home authority is the regulator that authorised a crypto firm and supervises it, and for Halcyon that is the Central Bank. A host authority regulates another member state where the firm serves clients under the passport. It is told about the firm, not asked to approve it. Binder §1.4 · Chapter 6
Explained in Chapter 6, The Passport, the Map of Regulators, and the Country That Left, of Crypto-Asset Regulation.
The regulator that authorised the firm is its home authority, and for Halcyon that is the Central Bank. The regulator of each other country where it serves clients is a host authority. The host authority is told about the firm, not asked to approve it.Read Chapter 6, The Passport, the Map of Regulators, and the Country That Left →
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