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A lot of business models related to cryptocurrencies can be designed as tied-agent-solutions. How does the connection to a liability umbrella work and what are the requirements that must be fulfilled by the involved companies?

Last week, a de facto ban of the Proof-of-Work consensus mechanisms in the EU via an EU regulation was narrowly avoided. But could the EU actually decide on such a ban in a legally effective way?

Staking Pools offer investors a low-barrier option to generate passive income. But are these offers potentially regulated as Alternative Investments Funds?

Stablecoins offer a stable alternative in the extremely volatile crypto market. They are therefore suited as an alternative means of payment and moreover to preserve value in the crypto market. But are they also qualified as financial instruments as traditional cryptocurrencies are?

Crypto lending has become a popular way to generate passive income. As a matter of fact, service providers begin to create business models in such settings. But can these service providers be subject to authorization pursuant to German regulatory law?

Crypto tokens are intangible items, which is why it is impossible to obtain ownership of them according to German civil law. Is that a problem?

Counterfactual wallets are a decentralized crypto wallet solution which is meant to increase the protection of wallet owners against the loss of private keys. But can the offering of counterfactual wallets to clients be an activity that is subject to authorization despite the decentralized nature of these wallets?

The connection between investor rights and tokens is the decisive factor and biggest challenge when it comes to the design of token terms. The new consumer protection laws limit the options for legally waterproof designs since October 2021.

Over the last couple of years crypto lending has become a popular method to generate passive income via DeFi. But can the participation in smart contract based crypto lending trigger obligations to obtain authorization for the participants?

Security tokens are tokenized securities – and therefore generally tradable on traditional stock exchanges. Could the operation of a stock exchange be a reasonable alternative to a BaFin regulated crypto exchange?

Not only MiCAR will concern the European crypto industry over the next years. DORA will also be directly applicable to crypto service providers and token issuers alike. But what will be the implications for the industry?

The new European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulation is in effect since the beginning of November. It provides considerable advantages for token sale projects with a volume of up to 5 million euro.