Blockchain and Crypto-Assets 2026

BULGARIA

Romania

Serbia

Sofia

Bulgaria

Kosovo

Law and Practice Contributed by: George Chisuse, Ivelin Vassilev, Stephany Valcheva and Daniel Kolev VC Law

North Macedonia

Turkey

Greece

Contents 1. Overview of Blockchain and Crypto-Assets p.128 1.1 Blockchain p.128 1.2 Crypto-Assets p.130 2. Regulation p.132 2.1 Regulators and International Alignment p.132 2.2 Crypto-Asset Regulatory Frameworks p.133 2.3 Regulated Firms and Legal Wrappers p.133 2.4 Token Issuance p.134 2.5 Market Abuse p.134 2.6 Non-Compliance p.135 3. Licensing and Set-Up Requirements p.135

3.1 Licensing Requirements p.135 3.2 Set-Up Requirements p.136 3.3 Change of Control p.136 3.4 Passporting p.137 4. Cross-Border Services p.137 4.1 Marketing p.137 4.2 White Labelling p.138 5. Decentralised Finance p.138 5.1 Ability to Use DeFi p.138 5.2 DeFi Structures p.138 5.3 Liability p.139 6. Payments and Stablecoins p.139

6.1 Payments p.139 6.2 Stablecoins p.139 7. Tokenisation and Real-World Assets p.141 7.1 Treatment p.141

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