Rulefinder
Crypto Assets
High quality analysis of crypto asset regulation at your fingertips
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It can be difficult to make sense of the noise surrounding crypto regulation. And it doesn't help that the policy, legal and regulatory landscape is developing (and changing) at pace. Or that there is a lack of consensus over basic terminology - what some jurisdictions refer to as 'crypto assets', others will call 'virtual' or 'digital' assets.
That's where Rulefinder Crypto Assets comes in. We've given crypto the 'aosphere' treatment, setting up a dedicated team of senior lawyers to wade through hordes of rules and guidance relating to crypto/virtual/digital assets in liaison with leading local counsel, determine what really matters, and simplify it.
Who it's for
Rulefinder Crypto Assets is ideal for:
- Start-up firms entering the crypto space and trying to decide what their global coverage will look like
- Larger or existing institutions trying to understand and assess how crypto asset activities may align with their traditional finance activities
- More broadly, firms and industry intermediaries or service providers interested in the direction of travel for digital asset regulation
How it helps
We don't just share knowhow or state the law, we provide up-to-date, practical analysis with substance. Golden nuggets of legal information.
Oh, and we'll also alert you to what’s coming next in terms of actual or proposed, new or amended crypto legislation, rules or guidance.
Navigating the crypto asset regulatory landscape just got easier.
Product features
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Simplify compliance
- Content sourced from leading financial services local counsel and managed by our dedicated team of experienced lawyers
- Coverage of key global markets
- Enforcement actions tracker - a snapshot of global enforcement actions taken against firms and individuals in relation to crypto asset regulation and activity
- Colour-coded reports to quickly assess the severity of regulations
- Jurisdiction comparison function
- Horizon-scanning service - alerts on key developments
- Annual enterprise-wide subscription with unlimited users: no tie-ins and no fuss
Jurisdictions covered
Rulefinder Crypto Assets provides consistent and comparable analysis of crypto asset regulation in a range of key jurisdictions. We currently cover the below with more to come.
EU Member States, Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jersey, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom
Abu Dhabi Global Market, Dubai International Financial Centre, South Africa and United Arab Emirates (covering the position under each of the UAE Central Bank, UAE Securities and Commodities Authority and Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority regimes)
Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and United States
Australia, Hong Kong SAR, India and Singapore
Managed by our expert team of senior lawyers.
Main topics covered
- Government/regulatory attitudes towards crypto assets, key expected developments, and how crypto assets are defined (where applicable)
- Whether and how crypto assets and their related services fall within existing financial services regulatory frameworks
- Analysis of legal and regulatory restrictions for marketing/selling, potential exemptions or exclusions, and any additional considerations
- Practical steps for obtaining licences and authorisations, local presence obligations, and guidance on timings and costs
- Applicable anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) measures, including information on obtaining registrations and licences
- Additional considerations for retail investors
What do we mean by crypto assets?
The term crypto asset varies between jurisdictions. At a high level, it broadly covers a digital representation of a value or a right which may be transferred and stored electronically using distributed ledger technology or similar technology. Different jurisdictions use different reference terms, for example, ‘virtual asset’ or ‘digital asset’.
We’ve collaborated with local counsel in each of the jurisdictions to understand how crypto, virtual, or digital assets are treated from a regulatory perspective and the types of assets or related services that might be in or out of scope. These include, for example, security tokens, payment tokens, cryptocurrencies, utility tokens, stablecoins and non-fungible tokens.
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