In an article I wrote for Cointelegraph, I commented on how the European Union has moved forward to regulate the crypto-asset market through Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) and Transfer of Funds Regulation (ToFR). With this subject as a background, I had the privilege of interviewing one of the people who knows the most about regulating new technologies: Eva Kaili, vice president of the European Parliament. She has been working hard on promoting innovation as a driving force for the establishment of the European Digital Single Market.
Check out the interview below, which covered key points about MiCA, some proposed legislative provisions proving to be more controversial than others, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) remaining out of scope, rules administered through self-executing smart contracts (Lex Cryptographia), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and more.