Presentation of the enhanced DASP registration in France
On February 28, 2023, the French legislator voted on the new enhanced DASP registration regime. Enhanced DASP registration will be effective on July...
Which legal actions to carry out in case of cybersquatting of web3 domains?
In its last Digital Defense Report, Microsoft considers that the risks associated with the cybersquatting of web3 domain names “are an emerging...
MiCA : what, who and when ?
In the continuity of the proposed articles on MiCA, this article clarifies the scope of application of this regulation. The European Market in...
MiCA : a true regulatory big bang
The European Market in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation represents a major step forward in the supervision of the crypto-financial industry.
Crypto-Assets: a new global tax transparency framework
Since the G20 declared the end of bank secrecy in 2009, the fight against tax evasion has been gaining momentum. According to OECD Secretary-General...
Luno obtains DASP registration with the French Financial Market Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Luno in obtaining its registration as a digital asset service provider (DASP) in France. Founded in 2013...
Click & Bid: how to sell NFTs in France?
The French voluntary auctions sales council (conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères - “CVV”) recently published a report (in French...
Foreign crypto platforms: watch out for lawsuits in Europe
While France has a dynamic ecosystem in the crypto sector, the main global platforms offering services on digital assets are foreign. In a recent...
NFTs are everything but art!
Following the breathtaking auction of Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5,000 days" for nearly $70 million, the art world has been quick to adopt NFTs....
NFTs and Play-to-Earn: how to reach legal compliance?
In the rise of the “Play-to-Earn” games, crypto-assets open a range of new perspectives. The Play-to-Earn business model allows gamers to be...
How to (lawfully) promote crypto services in France?
In 2018, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) had publicly warned against the promotion of cryptocurrency trading service by the famous French...
Bitstack obtains VASP registration with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Bitstack in obtaining its virtual assets service provider (VASP) registration with the French Financial...
CryptoSimple obtains VASP registration with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted CryptoSimple in obtaining its virtual assets service provider (VASP) registration with the French Financial...
Dux Reserve obtains registration as a DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Aux, operator of the Dux Reserve service, in obtaining its registration as a digital asset service provider...
Feel Mining obtains DASP registration with the French Financial Market Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Blockchain Process Security SAS, operating Feel Mining, in its registration as a digital asset service...
StackinSat obtains DASP extension to crypto assets custody service
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted StackinSat in extending its DASP registration (n°2021-004) to the service of crypto assets custody....
Kamix obtains registration as a DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted the company Kamix SAS, operating the Kamix mobile application, being registered as a digital asset service...
DASPs : How to challenge a decision of the regulator?
One of the consequences of the progressive institutionalisation of the crypto sector is its increasing interaction with financial regulators, which...
KYC “from the first euro” for the DASP
On September 29, 2020, 29 people involved in the financing of terrorism has been arrested. This case relies on prepaid cards (known as "coupons") to...
Paymium obtains registration as DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats has assisted the company Paymium SAS operating Paymium and Blockchain.io exchanges platforms in its application for registration as a...
Zebitex and Zebitcoin obtains registration as DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Digital Exchange SAS and Digital Booker SAS, which operate the Zebitex and ZeBitcoin services respectively,...
ORWL Avocats assisted APWine in its $1 million seed round in tokens
ORWL Avocats assisted APWine in its $1 million seed round in tokens. As a pure player in decentralized finance (DeFi), APWine offers a tokenization...
Bitcoin Avenue obtains registration as a DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted the company Hexadigital SAS operating the Bitcoin Avenue exchange office in its application for...
ORWL Avocats assists CCBDX in its DASPs registration procedure with the AMF
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Satoshi Dev operating Le Comptoir des Cybermonnaies (CCBDX), one of the first crypto-asset exchange offices...
#1 🤝 Loans – Legal and tax issues of DeFi
As with traditional finance (TradFi), credit is at the root of decentralised finance (DeFi). It is therefore quite natural that we begin our series...
DASP: How to address the French market from abroad?
On 18 December 2020, the legal framework governing digital asset service providers (DASPs) adopted by the PACTE law will come fully into force in...
Crypto-assets trading activity under French laws
Mainly based on speculation, crypto-assets are increasingly becoming the purpose of alternative finance despite a blurry legal environment. Traders...
DeFi : Legal and tax issues of decentralised finance
Decentralised finance, DeFi or open finance, is a natively digital financial system, based on decentralised and open computer protocols, relying on...
Publication of the law manual on crypto-assets and blockchains co-authored by Alexandre Lourimi and William O’Rorke
ORWL Avocats is proud to announce the publication by LexisNexis, on October 29th, of the first crypto-assets and blockchain law manual co-authored...
ORWL Avocats assists StackinSat in its DASP registration procedure with the AMF
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted StackinSat in obtaining its registration with the Autorité des marchés financiers as a digital asset...
Digital assets services providers (DASP) authorisation : Q&A from the French Financial Market Authority
Nearly a year after the introduction of the regime governing digital asset service providers, the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") issued on...
Presentation of the enhanced DASP registration in France
On February 28, 2023, the French legislator voted on the new enhanced DASP registration regime. Enhanced DASP registration will be effective on July...
Which legal actions to carry out in case of cybersquatting of web3 domains?
In its last Digital Defense Report, Microsoft considers that the risks associated with the cybersquatting of web3 domain names “are an emerging...
MiCA : what, who and when ?
In the continuity of the proposed articles on MiCA, this article clarifies the scope of application of this regulation. The European Market in...
MiCA : a true regulatory big bang
The European Market in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation represents a major step forward in the supervision of the crypto-financial industry.
Crypto-Assets: a new global tax transparency framework
Since the G20 declared the end of bank secrecy in 2009, the fight against tax evasion has been gaining momentum. According to OECD Secretary-General...
Luno obtains DASP registration with the French Financial Market Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Luno in obtaining its registration as a digital asset service provider (DASP) in France. Founded in 2013...
Click & Bid: how to sell NFTs in France?
The French voluntary auctions sales council (conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères - “CVV”) recently published a report (in French...
Foreign crypto platforms: watch out for lawsuits in Europe
While France has a dynamic ecosystem in the crypto sector, the main global platforms offering services on digital assets are foreign. In a recent...
NFTs are everything but art!
Following the breathtaking auction of Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5,000 days" for nearly $70 million, the art world has been quick to adopt NFTs....
NFTs and Play-to-Earn: how to reach legal compliance?
In the rise of the “Play-to-Earn” games, crypto-assets open a range of new perspectives. The Play-to-Earn business model allows gamers to be...
How to (lawfully) promote crypto services in France?
In 2018, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) had publicly warned against the promotion of cryptocurrency trading service by the famous French...
Bitstack obtains VASP registration with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Bitstack in obtaining its virtual assets service provider (VASP) registration with the French Financial...
CryptoSimple obtains VASP registration with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted CryptoSimple in obtaining its virtual assets service provider (VASP) registration with the French Financial...
Dux Reserve obtains registration as a DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Aux, operator of the Dux Reserve service, in obtaining its registration as a digital asset service provider...
Feel Mining obtains DASP registration with the French Financial Market Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Blockchain Process Security SAS, operating Feel Mining, in its registration as a digital asset service...
StackinSat obtains DASP extension to crypto assets custody service
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted StackinSat in extending its DASP registration (n°2021-004) to the service of crypto assets custody....
Kamix obtains registration as a DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted the company Kamix SAS, operating the Kamix mobile application, being registered as a digital asset service...
DASPs : How to challenge a decision of the regulator?
One of the consequences of the progressive institutionalisation of the crypto sector is its increasing interaction with financial regulators, which...
KYC “from the first euro” for the DASP
On September 29, 2020, 29 people involved in the financing of terrorism has been arrested. This case relies on prepaid cards (known as "coupons") to...
Paymium obtains registration as DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats has assisted the company Paymium SAS operating Paymium and Blockchain.io exchanges platforms in its application for registration as a...
Zebitex and Zebitcoin obtains registration as DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Digital Exchange SAS and Digital Booker SAS, which operate the Zebitex and ZeBitcoin services respectively,...
ORWL Avocats assisted APWine in its $1 million seed round in tokens
ORWL Avocats assisted APWine in its $1 million seed round in tokens. As a pure player in decentralized finance (DeFi), APWine offers a tokenization...
Bitcoin Avenue obtains registration as a DASP with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF)
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted the company Hexadigital SAS operating the Bitcoin Avenue exchange office in its application for...
ORWL Avocats assists CCBDX in its DASPs registration procedure with the AMF
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted Satoshi Dev operating Le Comptoir des Cybermonnaies (CCBDX), one of the first crypto-asset exchange offices...
#1 🤝 Loans – Legal and tax issues of DeFi
As with traditional finance (TradFi), credit is at the root of decentralised finance (DeFi). It is therefore quite natural that we begin our series...
DASP: How to address the French market from abroad?
On 18 December 2020, the legal framework governing digital asset service providers (DASPs) adopted by the PACTE law will come fully into force in...
Crypto-assets trading activity under French laws
Mainly based on speculation, crypto-assets are increasingly becoming the purpose of alternative finance despite a blurry legal environment. Traders...
DeFi : Legal and tax issues of decentralised finance
Decentralised finance, DeFi or open finance, is a natively digital financial system, based on decentralised and open computer protocols, relying on...
Publication of the law manual on crypto-assets and blockchains co-authored by Alexandre Lourimi and William O’Rorke
ORWL Avocats is proud to announce the publication by LexisNexis, on October 29th, of the first crypto-assets and blockchain law manual co-authored...
ORWL Avocats assists StackinSat in its DASP registration procedure with the AMF
ORWL Avocats is pleased to have assisted StackinSat in obtaining its registration with the Autorité des marchés financiers as a digital asset...
Digital assets services providers (DASP) authorisation : Q&A from the French Financial Market Authority
Nearly a year after the introduction of the regime governing digital asset service providers, the Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") issued on...
DASPs of the world, register (in France)!
In 2019, France was one of the first countries in the world to introduce a legal regime dedicated to the supervision of digital asset service...
White Paper: Taxation of cryptocurrencies for individuals
In collaboration with Waltio, the tool for assisting with the tax declaration of capital gains on digital assets, Alexandre Lourimi publishes a...
Why does Libra put so much pressure on the regulators?
We no longer present Libra, the Facebook-driven project that is frightening regulators and raising dizzying questions. For some, Libra is an...
What do Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) stand for?
Non-fungible tokens are growing rapidly and now have many uses. While digital assets now benefit from a clearer legal framework since the PACTE law,...
Digital Assets Service Providers: the new legal conditions to enter the French market
After Malta, France is the first country to adopt a legal framework dedicated to digital assets service providers. All Digital Assets Service...
Cryptocurrencies: a guide to tax auditing
As soon as the tax system has been clarified, holders and users of cryptocurrencies are already confronted with tax audits. On 2 September 2019, in...
Cryptos and gambling: an impossible love?
Cryptos are disrupting the online gambling market. Of the 15 most important Dapps, more than half are gambling applications, be it for sports...
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