De gouverneur van de Bank of France wil strengere licenties voor cryptobedrijven

• Gouverneur van de Banque de France, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, verklaarde dat cryptobedrijven alleen onder strengere wettelijke vergunningen mogen opereren.
• In plaats van te wachten tot andere Europese landen strengere regels aannemen, zou Frankrijk het meteen moeten doen zodra zijn wetgeving klaar is, zei hij.
• The banker said that due to the current “unstable environment,” cryptocurrency companies should obtain stricter authorization from watchdogs.
• Senatoren streven ernaar de gunstige behandeling die Frankrijk momenteel toekent aan cryptocurrency-bedrijven, te elimineren.

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Met de toenemende gevallen van rug pulls en insolventie onder de cryptobedrijven, lijken de regelgevers over de hele wereld gehard om betere regelgevingskaders af te dwingen. Hoewel de meeste van deze frameworks uiteindelijk de decentralisatie van de industrie zullen verminderen, kunnen ze crypto-investeringen veiliger maken. Onlangs heeft de gouverneur van de Banque de France, François Villeroy de Galhau, vermeld dat de cryptobedrijven alleen onder strengere wettelijke vergunningen mogen blijven opereren. 

The governor of the central bank of France added that rather than waiting for other European nations to adopt tighter regulations, France should do it right away once its legislation is ready. The central banker claimed that because of the current “unstable environment,” cryptocurrency companies should obtain stricter authorization from watchdogs than the existing ones.

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has registered about 60 companies, including the world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance, to offer their products and services in the nation. However, none of them currently have the authorization Villeroy wants.

The Governor commented on the recent upheaval in the cryptocurrency world, which witnessed a number of restructurings, bankruptcies, and market declines, vaporizing investors’ interests in the industry. He said that the recent chaotic incidents in the industry are the primary reason France should hurry up with the suggested revisions:

“The disruption seen in 2022 is nourishing one basic conviction: France should switch as soon as possible to the compulsory authorization of DASPs (digital asset service providers) rather than simply requiring their registration. And this needs to happen well before MiCA enters into force to create the necessary framework of trust.”

It is important to note that the European Union’s highly anticipated regulation, Market in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) — could establish a pertinent licensing framework for exchanges and other businesses that will be applicable to all 27 members of the bloc.

Het wetsvoorstel, dat naar verwachting in 2024 in werking zal treden, zal zich vooral richten op het tegengaan van belastingontduiking en witwassen.

Interestingly, before this in summer of 2021, Villeroy urged the European policymakers to create a cryptocurrency regulatory framework as soon as possible since failure to do so could result in the loss of the Europe’s financial supremacy and a negative impact on the euro:

“Whether it is digital currencies or payments, we in Europe must be ready to act as quickly as necessary or take the risk of an erosion of our monetary sovereignty.”

He also said at the time, that the old continent has one or two years to establish such laws, or the region could “lose its momentum.”

Het is van cruciaal belang om op te merken dat Frankrijk geleidelijk meer gebruik maakt van cryptotechnologie, zoals onlangs de grote crypto-uitwisseling Crypto.com kreeg groen licht from the top French financial regulators to operate as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) in the country. However, following the collapse of FTX, the situation changed and Hervé Maurey, a senator who serves on the finance commission, een amendement voorgesteld dat zou een einde maken aan de gunstige behandeling die Frankrijk momenteel toekent aan cryptocurrency-bedrijven.

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