Crypto-Asset Regulation · glossary

Qualifying holding

A stake in a crypto firm large enough to influence it. Each holder of one must show, in the application file, who it is and where its money came from. A later change in who holds one must be notified to the regulator and assessed. Appendix A.5 · Chapter 3 · Chapter 10

Explained in Chapter 3, The Application, of Crypto-Asset Regulation.

Also explained in Legal Due Diligence and M&A Foundations.

How it comes up, in Chapter 3
The programme of operations says what the firm will do, and Halcyon asked for the five services it holds today. Each shareholder with a qualifying holding, a stake large enough to influence the firm, must show who it is and where its money came from.
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