MiCA and DeFi ('Proposal for a Regulation on Market in Crypto-Assets' and 'Decentralised Finance')
Forthcoming article in "Blockchain and the law: dynamics and dogmatism, current and future"; Eds: Francisco Pereira Coutinho, Martinho Lucas Pires and Bernardo Barradas
21 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2021
Date Written: July 1, 2021
Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the relation between the proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA), an element of the Digital Finance Package of the European Commission presented on the 24th of September of 2020, and DeFi (Decentralised Finance), an ecosystem of decentralised applications (dapps) that provide financial services built on top of peer-to-peer and trustless networks.
Keywords: Crypto-assets, Decentralised Finance, Blockchain, Fintech
JEL Classification: K23, K22
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