Belgium reminds crypto asset issuers, offerors and service providers of current law.
The Financial Services and Markets Authority , the Belgian regulator, is seeking comments on its communication on the classification of crypto assets as securities, investment instruments or financial instruments. Aimed at issuers, offerors and service providers, the agency’s communication will serve as guidance to the existing order until European regulatory harmonization is achieved.to address frequently asked questions and is not exhaustive.
Crypto assets that are incorporated into an instrument, as is generally the case for assets that are exchangeable or fungible, may be classified as securities under the European Union Prospectus Regulation or as investment instruments under the EU Prospectus Law. In those cases, MiFID rules of conduct apply.
If an asset has no issuer, as in the case of Bitcoin or Ether, where the instruments are created by a computer code that does not give rise to a legal relationship, then in principle the Prospectus Regulation, Prospectus Law and MiFID rules do not apply. When the
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