Holger Kuhlmann
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Crypto Tax Frameworks
How jurisdictions worldwide tax crypto assets, DeFi, and digital income - and what it means for business structuring, treasury, and token models.
- 02
Best Jurisdictions for Crypto Businesses
A comparison of tax incentives, regulatory clarity, and legal certainty across the UAE, Switzerland, Singapore, Isle of Man, and beyond.
- 03
Prediction Markets & Emerging Regulation
The legal grey zones, jurisdictional conflicts, and evolving rulebooks businesses need to understand - and how to position ahead of clearer regulation.
- 04
Institutional Adoption & Market Structure
How frameworks like the GENIUS Act, MiCA, and equivalent Gulf and Asia-Pacific regimes are shaping institutional crypto entry globally.
- 05
Surveillance, Privacy & Financial Data
How regimes like CARF, DAC8, and the Bank Secrecy Act create compliance obligations for crypto businesses -and where overreach becomes operational risk.
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AML & Sanctions Compliance
Evolving AML and sanctions obligations across key jurisdictions, enforcement trends, and where cross-border operations create the greatest compliance exposure.
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MiCA backlog leaves fewer than 60 EU firms licensed before July 1, while Germany’s BaFin issues 36% of approvals.
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Ondřej Kovařík
MEP
This month's contribution
Ondřej Kovařík, former Czech MEP and Senior Advisor at the European Ethereum Institute, brings firsthand legislative insight into how Europe’s crypto rules were written and where they now fall short. He argued that MiCA may work well on paper but is proving harder in practice, especially when small crypto startups face the same compliance burden as large US-listed exchanges. He also pointed to overly restrictive stablecoin rules and the lack of recognition for equivalent frameworks in jurisdictions such as the UK and Switzerland as key weaknesses that Europe should address.
Holger Kuhlmann
Political Adviser
This month's contribution
Holger Kuhlmann, political advisor for the Balkan region and financial compliance specialist, brings practical insight on how MiCA’s new rules are affecting companies on the ground. In the recent panel about MiCA in the Regulatory Expert Council, he focused on the growing pressure many firms face as they struggle to meet MiCA standards with limited staff and rising compliance costs. He emphasized that smaller companies in particular are being pushed to choose between taking on more bureaucracy or accepting the cost and legal risk of relocation.
Amanda Wick
Head of Americas, VerifyVASP
This month's contribution
Amanda Wick, a former federal prosecutor and current Travel Rule compliance expert at VerifyVASP, brings unmatched firsthand experience in crypto financial crime, enforcement, and regulatory policy. She points out that Binance’s decision to pick New York was striking, especially given the state’s strong anti-SLAPP protections, and notes that the exchange had a history of going after publications in an attempt to silence unfavorable coverage. She also highlights the wider compliance challenge facing the industry, where fragmented Travel Rule implementation across jurisdictions continues to create cross-border exposure for firms.
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Council consensus shifted: 81% of members expect at least three G20 jurisdictions to pass stablecoin legislation before year end - up from 44% in January.
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A network of senior legal counsel, compliance leads, and regulatory practitioners across institutional finance and digital assets. Admitted by invitation, selected by contribution.
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Senior analysts, strategists, and market practitioners currently operating at the intersection of institutional finance and digital assets - including macro researchers, quantitative analysts, market structure specialists, data leads, and C-suite operators at trading firms, exchanges, and asset managers.
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How members are selected
Senior decision-makers with a verifiable track record of original market analysis or data-driven research across TradFi or crypto-native institutions, with at least 7 years in relevant roles. Reviewed quarterly by the Expert Council selection committee.
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One original analysis or data insight per month, participation in at least two roundtables per year, and active engagement in the private practitioner channel.
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