Article 1 — Subject matter.

Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (MiCA) — verbatim reproduction of Article 1 from the official EUR-Lex consolidated text.

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Article 1 — Subject matter

1. This Regulation lays down uniform requirements for the offer to the public and admission to trading on a trading platform of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, of asset-referenced tokens and of e-money tokens, as well as requirements for crypto-asset service providers. 2. In particular, this Regulation lays down the following:

(a) transparency and disclosure requirements for the issuance, offer to the public and admission of crypto-assets to trading on a trading platform for crypto-assets (‘admission to trading’);

(b) requirements for the authorisation and supervision of crypto-asset service providers, issuers of asset-referenced tokens and issuers of e-money tokens, as well as for their operation, organisation and governance;

(c) requirements for the protection of holders of crypto-assets in the issuance, offer to the public and admission to trading of crypto-assets;

(d) requirements for the protection of clients of crypto-asset service providers;

(e) measures to prevent insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information and market manipulation related to crypto-assets, in order to ensure the integrity of markets in crypto-assets.

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