MiCA Goes Global: How to Stay Ahead with a Future-Ready Compliance Strategy

The regulation of MiCA represents a significant change in the way cryptoactives are managed in Spain and in the European Union.

The cryptocurrency market in Spain has grown markedly in recent years. More and more people are investing in cryptocurrencies and there are many companies that have already begun to accept payments in this type of assets. There are not many, but more and more. To regulate this volatile and unpredictable sector and offer more security to users, Spain has adopted the MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) regulation, a regulation launched by the European…

MiCA Goes Global: How to Stay Ahead with a Future-Ready Compliance Strategy

What Is MiCA? At the end of 2024 and just weeks after the crypto market reached an all time high of $3.7 trillion in market cap, the full suite of Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations took effect in the European Union (EU). This landmark legislation is an expansive framework that aims to harmonise laws related to crypto-assets across the EU and sets a precedent for the rest of the world. Until recently, European markets relied on a patchw…

Official translations of MiCA guidelines on certain aspects of the suitability requirements and format of the periodic statement for portfolio management activities

On 26 March 2025, there was published the official translations of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) guidelines on certain aspects of the suitability requirements and format of the periodic statement for portfolio management activities under the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). The guidelines are intended to promote greater convergence in the application of, and supervisory approaches to, the MiCA suitability requ…