La DLT technology (mainly Blockchain) and crypto assets have become a recurring and relevant theme, given the significant growth in their use, their importance for the markets and the notable possibilities of use that allows in multiple sectors (financial, logistics, distribution, public sphere, education, energy, legal, etc.,). The recent approval of two regulations in Spain (creation of the Registry of certain crypto-asset service providers, in the BdE for anti-money laundering purposes, and the CNMV Circular for the control of the advertising of crypto-assets as an investment), as well as the foreseeable approval and publication, in the coming months, of five regulations in European Law on the matter (MiCA, Market Infrastructures in DLT, Transfers of crypto assets, eI DAS2 and DORA,), demand companies -of all sizes-, law firms, consultants, economists and even the public sector, have professionals who have training on this complex and disruptive subject.
The rapid expansion and growth of crypto assets in the world, as well as the development of blockchain projects, with a particularly striking boost after the pandemic and regulatory advances around the world, advise a initial and adequate preparation to be able to understand the possibilities yCourse the risks that crypto assets and their underlying technology, blockchain or other distributed ledgers, imply.
In the analysis of this problem, the current and projected status of the most relevant and innovative regulations will be analyzed on this matter, such as those from USA, Switzerland, some states of LATAM o Asia, as well as the incipient and interesting regulation that UE is in process or has just been approved.