Category: Legal

How To Get a Crypto License in 2025 In 2025, obtaining a crypto license is crucial for businesses entering the digital asset space. As global regulations tighten, securing a crypto license ensures legal compliance, operational credibility, and trust from investors and customers. The introduction of comprehensive frameworks such as the EU’s MiCA regulation makes licensing […]

With crypto changing by the day, compliance and security have become important aspects for the market to grow sustainably. Perhaps the most important regulatory practice involving crypto would be Know Your Customer (KYC). KYC aims to combat illegal activities such as money laundering and fraud, and it is a mandatory process for most centralized crypto […]

Introduction With crypto becoming more mainstream, its adoption in the European Union is underway. The EU provides a decent environment for crypto businesses, especially with the MiCA regulation fully coming into effect at the end of 2024. Nonetheless, crypto businesses that want to operate within the EU, need to have Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) […]

Last year, Binance agreed to pay $4.3 billion to settle with the Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over breaches of illicit finance regulations. Binance’s then-CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to breaking U.S. anti-money-laundering laws and agreed to step down as CEO​​​​. The CFTC now has access to all of Binance’s records, […]

Patents meet blockchain In general, patents‘ role in protecting innovations cannot be understated. They provide a legal framework that allows inventors to protect their intellectual property, preventing others from using, selling, or manufacturing their inventions without permission. This protection encourages innovation by ensuring inventors reap the rewards of their creativity and hard work. In the […]