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The Electronic Stock Is Now Officially Introduced – What Should Be Considered?
The issuance of electronic stocks has been legally regulated by the Future Financing Act. What aspects need to be considered here?
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Can Security Tokens or Crypto Securities Meet the European Green Bond Standard?
The European Green Bond Standard is intended to establish a uniform requirements profile for green bonds in Europe. Can blockchain-based issuances meet these requirements?
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KYC And Crypto Securities Registrar – Who Must be Screened by the Registrar?
Crypto securities registrars are obligated in accordance to anti-money laundering law to apply KYC measures to their customers. But who is actually the registrar’s customer, the issuer or the crypto security investor?
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The Crypto Security – Overrated or the Next Big Thing?
The German ministries of Justice and Finance this summer proposed new regulations regarding crypto securities in combination with the draft legislation for the introduction of electronic securities. According to the proposed draft, crypto securities are intended to constitute a specific form of electronic securities and differ from them only in the way that they are […]
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Managing Crypto Security Registries – What is the Background of the Proposed New Financial Service?
The German legislator intends the introduction of electronic securities. It is intended that securities no longer necessarily have to be issued in paper form in order to be tradable in a bone fide, unencumbered way through the introduction of an Electronic Securities Act (eWpG) and several amendments and changes to the German Banking Act, the […]
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Evolution of Crypto Custody Business – Which Changes for Crypto Custodians come with the Introduction of the Crypto Security?
The German Ministries of Finance and Justice published their long-awaited joint draft legislation concerning the introduction of electronic securities in late July of 2020. The reform proposals included in the draft are not limited to a mere equating of paper-based securities and electronically issued securities to be introduced, but instead the Electronic Securities Act (eWPG) […]
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Electronic Securities and Crypto Securities – What are the Differences?
With the introduction of the Electronic Securities Act (eWPG), the German legislator intends to create a legal alternative to paper-based securities. The corresponding draft legislation to the eWPG dated 23rd of July 2020, which for the time being shall only be applicable to bearer bonds, therefore proposes the introduction of electronic securities as an alternative […]
