Turning Point for Proof-of-Work – Could the EU Just Outlaw the PoW Consensus Mechanism?
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?
Crypto Assets vs Crypto Assets – the Discrepancy Between German and European Crypto Regulation
When the European legislator decided to introduce the first piece of codified regulation for the crypto market with the fifth AML directive, he also decided to use the term virtual currencies to describe Bitcoin, Litecoin and comparable, blockchain-based units of value. The German legislator on the other hand did not implement the term virtual currency […]
