Practice area · 2 editions
The EU rules for firms that serve their clients through an app, from a crypto exchange to an online broker, and what their lawyers do with them.
Crypto and fintech regulation is a common first seat at firms that act for fintechs, and in their in-house teams. The work is mostly applying rules to facts: is this service in scope, which licence covers it, what must clients be told, and when must a problem be reported.
The editions here follow two fictional firms, each licensed in the EU: a crypto exchange in Dublin and an online broker in Cyprus. Both attach the firm's own document in full, with a short test after each chapter. Either can be read first, because neither assumes the other.
Where to start
A Dublin exchange wins its licence and then has to live under it, rule by rule. You are a junior lawyer in its legal and compliance team.
How a crypto-asset exchange is licensed in the EU and lives under the licence — MiCA, DORA and the Travel Rule in plain English. Compact: ten chapters built on one fictional Dublin exchange, with its full compliance binder attached.
€12 a month or €79 for a Year Pass · every edition · record of completion Free until 31 JanuaryIn the LibraryA Cyprus online broker writes the terms its clients accept in its app, then lives by them. You act for the broker.
How an online broker serves its clients under EU law, taught through one client agreement, clause by clause. Compact: ten chapters, with the full Client Agreement attached.
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