Crypto-assets
The crypto-asset industry is experiencing rapid global growth and development, offering significant potential to drive innovation in the financial market. Discover how you can obtain authorisation to provide crypto-asset services and issue tokens.
What are crypto-assets
A crypto-asset is a digital representation of value or rights which may be transferred and stored electronically. Crypto-assets offer a broad spectrum of applications, ranging from payments and investments to accessing services.
MiCA Regulation
In May 2023, the Council of the European Union adopted a regulation on crypto-assets markets (MiCA), establishing a new and unified regulatory framework for crypto-assets across all European Union member states. In Latvia, Latvijas Banka is the authority responsible for issuing authorisations and supervising this financial market segment.
Authorisation to provide crypto-asset services
Explore the process for obtaining authorisation to offer crypto-asset services.
Authorisation for existing financial market participants
Explore how financial market participants who have already obtained Latvijas Banka's licence can receive authorisation to provide crypto-asset services.
Requirements for crypto-assets issuers
Learn more about the types of crypto-assets that require authorisation before being offered to the public.
Distributed ledger technology
Crypto-assets are one of the main applications of blockchain technology and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the financial field. The European Commission proposed a pilot regime of DLT for market infrastructures.
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