Date: 15 September 2026 | Time: 11:00 – 12:30 CEST | Location: Online

The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation positioned the European Union as the first major jurisdiction to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto-assets.

However, implementation has also exposed legal uncertainties, practical inconsistencies and potential gaps in investor protection. At the same time, rapid technological and market developments are already testing whether the current framework remains sufficiently clear, proportionate and effective.

Under these circumstances, the European Commission’s targeted consultation provides an important opportunity to assess how MiCA is functioning in practice and which issues may need to be addressed in a future review of the framework, often referred to as “MiCA 2.0”.

To discuss such an issue, BETTER FINANCE and Crypto Risk Metrics organised the webinar: 

Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation

The Status Quo, Regulatory Gaps, and the Road to MiCA 2.0

This webinar brings together leading academics, legal experts and investor-protection specialists to examine three areas with particular relevance for policymakers and supervisory authorities:

• – the scope and application of the MiCA white-paper requirements;
• – the effectiveness of the current investor-protection framework; and
• – the implementation of MiCA’s sustainability-disclosure requirements by crypto-asset service providers.

The speakers will combine legal analysis with new empirical findings from the European crypto-asset market. The discussion will conclude with concrete policy takeaways for legislators, regulators, supervisory authorities and other stakeholders involved in the further development of the EU crypto-asset framework.

Programme

11:00 – 11:05 | Welcome & Introduction

MiCA 1.0 and the current consultation

Prof. Christos Gortsos, President of the Academic Board of the EBI; Vice-President of the Board of Appeal of the ESAs, MEP

11:05 – 11:35 | Expert Presentation

MiCA White Papers: Who needs them under what conditions and what are the legal challenges arising?

Prof. Filippo Annunziata, Professor of Financial Markets and Banking Legislation at Bocconi University
Thomaz B. de Arruda, Lawyer

11:35 – 11:55 | Expert Presentation

MiCA White Papers and Investor Protection: Does the Current Framework Deliver?

Christiane Hölz, Chair of Legal Committee, BETTER FINANCE

11:55 – 12:15 Expert Presentation

ESG Disclosures under MiCA: Public Website Compliance and Formal Alignment in the CASP Market

Prof. Dr. Christoph Kreiterling, Professor of Technology Impact Assessment and Sustainability Communication at Trier University of Applied Sciences, former Senior Adviser and MiCA team co-lead at BaFin

12:15 – 12:30 | Q&A & Policy Takeaways

Christiane Hölz, Chair of Legal Committee, BETTER FINANCE

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To attend the webinar, please register via the form below. You will receive the link, a few days prior to the webinar.