Expert insights on the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and its impact on the digital asset ecosystem.
MiCAR Whitepapers Europe and KGP Legal LLC, a Singapore-licensed firm of advocates and solicitors with a leading crypto-asset practice, announce a strategic collaboration giving token issuers EU MiCAR whitepapers and Singapore token-classification legal opinions through a single workflow.
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Yamal Kalaf (Mr.), LL.M.
Co-Founder, MiCAR Whitepapers Europe
Lin YingXin (Mr.), LL.B. (SMU) (Hons)
Director · Head of Corporate Practice · Advocate and Solicitor (Supreme Court of Singapore) · KGP Legal LLC
A curated DeFi yield vault that pools deposits, follows a curator-set strategy and issues a redeemable share token will, on most fact patterns, sit inside MiCAR, AIFMD or MiFID II. Here is how EU law characterises these arrangements, and where the regulatory exposure sits for teams touching EU users.
Prediction markets are banned or restricted across most EU Member States as unlicensed gambling or illegal derivatives. MiCA's whitepaper obligation may be the first regulation to force these platforms into formal compliance, or out of the EU entirely.
MiCAR Whitepapers Europe B.V. and Hedman, a European law firm recommended by The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Chambers and Partners, and Women in Business Law, announce a strategic collaboration to strengthen the legal robustness of MiCAR whitepapers across the EU.
Everything crypto-asset issuers need to know about iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language), why the EU requires it under MiCAR, and how it differs from PDF and HTML formats.
A practical guide to converting your existing crypto-asset whitepaper from PDF format into the iXBRL format required under MiCAR. Covers the conversion process, common challenges, and what to expect.
A detailed breakdown of the ESMA 2025 iXBRL taxonomy that governs how MiCAR crypto-asset whitepapers must be tagged. Understand the taxonomy structure, key data points, and validation requirements.