DLT Gatekeeper

Blockchain technologies are coming back into the spotlight for good reasons.

On the one hand, the EU will soon enact its long-awaited “Markets in Crypto-Assets” (MiCA) regulation which gives legitimacy to the most popular blockchain applications, the crypto-assets. Large institutional actors are expected to enter the new economic domain that this legislation opens up, which should reveal new problems to solve and create new blockchain related jobs and opportunities.

On the other hand, the vast developments in AI in the past years threaten to upend our societies by tearing at the fabric of trust on which human interaction is built. With AI becoming more capable of imitating human output by the day, we will soon have trouble telling the truth apart from fabrication. As the “trust machine”, blockchain is ideally positioned to be the essential ingredient in future applications that will tame potentially “runaway, rogue AI”

The course is designed for a broad audience of professionals looking to acquire a solid general understanding of blockchain technologies and their potential impact going forward. The course aims to provide the intellectual tools needed to assess various blockchain technologies and their suitability for solving a spectrum of business problems both in established contexts (big organisations) and in innovative settings (start-ups).

The aim of this course is to understand the issues, opportunities and challenges related to the development of Web3, and thus allow you to decipher the trends and get to grips with the key concepts in order to start to think about. We will also go into detail on the different components of the Web3, that make it so attractive. A focus on success stories and a business case will be done during the session.

The course gives a broad introduction to the legal framework around blockchain and guides the participants through an understanding of what is authorized, respectively regulated or prohibited when using the blockchain (in Luxembourg and in Europe). At the end of the course, the participant will have acquired a foundational understanding of the blockchain legal environment.

Blockchain is one the latest buzzwords in the world of technology. Often associated with cryptocurrencies, is it what it really seems? Do you really know what is behind blockchain? What constitutes the ecosystem? This course will review and correct the misconceptions regarding blockchain technology.

Few elements of regulation exist already, especially with the Virtual Asset Providers and the Luxembourg dedicated Blockchain Framework. The course will give insights on the European framework that will come into force in the coming months.

The course will cover the various legal implications of the MiCA regulation. MiCA has been signed in May 2023 and will enter into force in 2024. This course will review and provide information about the required steps for all targeted businesses.

While we observe a surge of interest in the digital asset space and potential as a diversification mean, fund professionals need to understand the framework and ensure its compliance with the framework in place.

This class is designed to give all the basics about tokenization and especially how to use tokenization as a mecanism to obtain financing. It will also provide all necessary information about the various actors of the ecosystem.

With a focus on security tokens, the course deep dives into the regulatory framework associated with the tokenization of assets. It is the follow-up from the course Introduction to Tokenization (1/2). This course has been created as Luxembourg is recognized internationally as a place to do Tokenization and is rich in possibilities.

In this course, we will describe the needed steps to tokenize a financial instrument. How to define a use case, understand the legal considerations and how to address the technical challenges. We will also do a practical exercise by creating and issuing a token in a sandbox environment.