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Regulation, Compliance and Tax of Digital Assets

The EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), the UAE framework, anti-money laundering and on-chain intelligence, prudential capital and accounting, other jurisdictions and tax.

Who it is for: Compliance, legal, risk management, AML and tax teams

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Modules

What the programme covers

Each Module states what you will be able to do once you have completed it.

01

The European framework: MiCA

Explain the scope of MiCA, the authorisation of crypto-asset services and the treatment of e-money tokens, and follow ESMA's guidance.

  1. MiCA in essence
  2. Advisory services under MiCA
  3. Custody, reception and transmission of orders under MiCA
  4. E-money tokens
  5. Implementing MiCA: ESMA guidance and national transposition
02

The United Arab Emirates

Describe how virtual assets are regulated in the UAE at federal level and in the free zones, and the duties of virtual asset service providers.

  1. The UAE regulatory landscape: federal and free-zone regulators
  2. Federal level: the Central Bank of the UAE and the Capital Market Authority
  3. Dubai: the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)
  4. Abu Dhabi Global Market: the FSRA framework for virtual assets
  5. Dubai International Financial Centre: the DFSA regime for crypto tokens
  6. AML and CFT duties of virtual asset service providers in the UAE
  7. Tax treatment of digital assets in the UAE
03

Anti-money laundering and financial crime

Apply AML and KYC duties and the Travel Rule to digital assets, and use on-chain intelligence to detect financial crime.

  1. AML, KYC and digital assets
  2. The Travel Rule
  3. On-chain intelligence: a new analysis tool
  4. Working with the authorities
  5. The professionalisation of on-chain crime
  6. Sanctions screening and digital assets
04

Prudential treatment and accounting

Explain how banks hold capital against cryptoasset exposures and how digital assets are accounted for.

  1. The Basel standard on banks' cryptoasset exposures
  2. Capital, liquidity and risk management for cryptoasset exposures
  3. Accounting for digital assets under IFRS
  4. Accounting for client assets held in custody
05

Other jurisdictions and taxation

Compare the approaches of other jurisdictions and describe the main tax and reporting rules for digital assets.

  1. The United States
  2. El Salvador and digital asset issuance
  3. Tax reporting: DAC8 and CARF
  4. Banks accepting funds from digital assets
  5. Digital assets and regulation: an overview
Every Module

How the programme works

Each programme is made of Modules that unlock in sequence. A Module combines video lessons, study notes and a quiz, and every programme ends with a final assessment.

A certificate is issued once all lessons are complete and the final assessment is passed. It can be downloaded from your profile and verified online.

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