Talking with Eva Kaili, VP of the European Parliament, on MiCA regulation

Cointelegraph

Published Aug 12, 2022 10:13PM ET

Updated Aug 15, 2022 02:20AM ET

In an article I wrote for Cointelegraph, I commented on how the European Union has moved forward to regulate the crypto-asset market through Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) and Transfer of Funds Regulation (ToFR). With this subject as a background, I had the privilege of interviewing one of the people who knows the most about regulating new technologies: Eva Kaili, vice president of the European Parliament. She has been working hard on promoting innovation as a driving force for the establishment of the European Digital Single Market.

Check out the interview below, which covered key points about MiCA, some proposed legislative provisions proving to be more controversial than others, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) remaining out of scope, rules administered through self-executing smart contracts (Lex Cryptographia), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and more.

Tatiana Revoredo is a founding member of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation and is a strategist in blockchain at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. Additionally, she is an expert in blockchain business applications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the chief strategy officer of The Global Strategy. Tatiana has been invited by the European Parliament to the Intercontinental Blockchain Conference and was invited by the Brazilian parliament to the public hearing on Bill 2303/2015. She is the author of two books: Blockchain: Tudo O Que Você Precisa Saber and Cryptocurrencies in the International Scenario: What Is the Position of Central Banks, Governments and Authorities About Cryptocurrencies?

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