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Changes in the Regulation of Crypto Exchanges in Lithuania And Estonia

Publication date: 30.06.2023

Financial Law Review, 2023, Issue 29 (1)/2023, pp. 8 - 20

https://doi.org/10.4467/22996834FLR.23.002.18144

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Marek Bočánek
Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-8703 Orcid
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Changes in the Regulation of Crypto Exchanges in Lithuania And Estonia

Abstract

This article consults new regulations in Estonia and Lithuania where significant amendments have been adopted for the establishment and approval of crypto exchange services' providers. While Estonia has adopted an important amendment to the regulation of providers of crypto exchange services and of crypto wallet services, Lithuania has adopted a completely new regulation that has never been part of its legal system in any aspect. Despite these amendments, it's expectable that these regulations will have only temporary effect by the adoption of Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), now only at the stage of working paper.

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Information: Financial Law Review, 2023, Issue 29 (1)/2023, pp. 8 - 20

Article type: Original article

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-8703

Marek Bočánek
Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5866-8703 Orcid
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Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Published at: 30.06.2023

Article status: Open

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