Before the background of the growing importance of financial technologies (FinTech), blockchain technology is gaining more and more of the public spotlight. Given that the existing legal framework has been designed for the traditional financial services industry rather than for technology-based business models, both regulators and legislators are facing the challenge of potentially adapting the existing regulation to the new needs of blockchain providers. In this context, a number of related regulatory and legal issues may arise; they are summarized in a nutshell in the present article.

By Luca Bianchi / Edi Bollinger (Reference: CapLaw-2016-47)