CEW & PARTNERS is pleased to announce that during the third edition of the "European Artificial Intelligence Week" on the theme of technology convergence which took place from 27 to 31 March 2023, Me David Szafran contributed to the official launch of Blockchain4Belgium, speaking about the attractiveness of Belgium in a European context.

On this occasion, David Szafran discussed the robust regulation, which includes :

• the EU Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Directive (AML/CFT);
• the European Regulation on Decentralised Registry Technology (DLT) in force since 23 March 2023;
• the draft European Regulation on crypto-asset market infrastructure (MiCA) introducing a European passport for service providers and issuers of crypto-assets; and
• the Belgian FSMA Regulation on advertising for crypto-currencies (by influencers, mass media campaigns,...) effective from 17 May 2023.

Blockchain4Belgium is a new initiative launched by the Belgian Secretary of State for Digitalization, which helps bring together industry leaders, experts, academics, civil society and public administration to exchange knowledge, network and gain insight from each other in an important step to boost Belgium's footprint in this new and exciting industry.

For further information, please contact Mr David Szafran (david.szafran@cew-law.be)