Fancy An ICO For Financing Your Project? Consider The Regulator's View

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German financial regulatory authority BaFin published further guidance on its view around tokens and crypto-currencies used to structure Initial Coins offerings (German version available here).
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German financial regulatory authority BaFin published further guidance on its view around tokens and crypto-currencies used to structure Initial Coins offerings (German version available here).

In a nutshell, the notice stresses that market participants need to closely assess the character of the respective token, e.g. whether it forms a financial instrument as per MiFID II, a security or constitutes an investment pursuant and subject to respective regulations.

Regulations and respective duties, including potentially also obtaining a licence, may address service providers around ICOs, traders and platforms and also public offerings, so care should be had when picking partner and token for your ICO project.

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