Agathangelou Consulting - Insights https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/ Analysis on digital-asset regulation, governance, compliance, technology and market infrastructure, written from primary sources. en Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 The EU AI Act for Crypto Firms: Classification Before Compliance https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/eu-ai-act-crypto-firms-high-risk/ https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/eu-ai-act-crypto-firms-high-risk/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 AI governance and digital regulation A CASP can deploy a customer chatbot, fraud model, biometric identity check, recruitment tool and credit model under five different legal starting points. One corporate AI policy will not classify them. The EU's AML Reset Is the Operating System for Crypto https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/eu-amlr-amla-crypto-compliance/ https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/eu-amlr-amla-crypto-compliance/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Financial crime compliance The 2027 deadline is only part of the timetable. The crypto Travel Rule is already live, AMLA is writing the supervisory detail and the first direct-supervision selection begins in 2027. Two Rulebooks, One Dollar https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/stablecoins-micar-genius-act-comparison/ https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/stablecoins-micar-genius-act-comparison/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Digital-asset regulation The regimes share a prudential floor: protected reserves, redemption and limits on issuer-paid yield. Their issuer models, scale controls and monetary-policy aims remain different. Crypto Marketing in Europe Is Evidence Work https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/crypto-marketing-rules-micar-europe/ https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/crypto-marketing-rules-micar-europe/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Digital-asset regulation A compliant campaign begins before the copy. The firm has to identify the asset, the responsible entity, the legal provision and the evidence supporting each material claim. MiCAR Opened One Gate - and Closed the Side Doors https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/micar-casp-licensing-market-consolidation/ https://agathangelou-consulting.com/insights/micar-casp-licensing-market-consolidation/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Digital-asset regulation The post-transition European market has fewer regulated firms than the old national-register map suggested. Each successful authorisation, however, now carries much wider commercial reach.