Tag: compliance

NFTs in 2025: The 3 Regulatory Landmines You Must Avoid

NFTs in 2025: The 3 Regulatory Landmines You Must Avoid

• Commentary

Doesn’t the NFT landscape seem like the Wild West these days? Fortunes are being created (and erased) on the daily, driven by speculation and dreams of a coming decentralized utopia. Yet behind the facade of CGI monkeys and virtual pets is a regulatory disaster area poised to blow up at...

Crypto Regulation 2025: The Shocking Truth About Who Really Benefits

Crypto Regulation 2025: The Shocking Truth About Who Really Benefits

• Commentary

I’ve spent the last two or so years deeply immersing myself in the crypto space. To be sure, the upcoming US & EU 2025 regs are literally terrifying. Don’t buy this narrative about improving consumer protection and financial stability—that’s the smokescreen. The "shocking truth" isn't some conspiracy theory. We saw...

Crypto's Regulatory Capture: Is the SEC Really Listening?

Crypto's Regulatory Capture: Is the SEC Really Listening?

• Facts

We know the world of cryptocurrency can be ever-changing, and at times, confusing. It’s always been a moving target with rapid tech development and changing regulatory tides. DeliciousNFT.com aims to make things easier and clearer. We specialize in providing the raw sting of how these changes affect the decentralized universe....

Understanding GDPR A Comprehensive Guide to Data Protection in the EU and EEA

Understanding GDPR A Comprehensive Guide to Data Protection in the EU and EEA

• Web3 Projects

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) stands as a cornerstone of data protection in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). As a far-reaching regulation, the GDPR sets stringent rules on the collection, storage, and usage of personal data by any organization. Just a couple of months...

Navigating GDPR Compliance Within the European Economic Area

Navigating GDPR Compliance Within the European Economic Area

• Regulation

The European Economic Area (EEA), including the European Union (EU), is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This regulation is the bedrock of data privacy in the EU. In turn, it helps make sure that people’s personal data stays protected and confidential among member states. As the main...

MiCA's Triumph or Trap? The Truth About Crypto Regulation's Impact

MiCA's Triumph or Trap? The Truth About Crypto Regulation's Impact

• Commentary

We're told MiCA is a victory. A landmark. A victory, indeed, though perhaps a surprising one as Ekmel Çilingir, Chairman of EMBank’s Supervisory Board, would have you think. Volumes up, stablecoins flowing, fintechs supposedly empowered. But before we uncork the champagne, let's ask a crucial question: Does Regulation Truly Set...

UK Crypto Regs: Innovation vs. Safety - Can They Coexist?

The UK is walking a high wire act. It tries to promote crypto innovation, while protecting its financial system and consumers from it. Marcin Kowalczyk, a blockchain regulatory analyst, examines the UK's approach to regulating crypto assets, highlighting the inherent conflicts and providing insights for businesses navigating this evolving landscape....

Crypto's UK Crossroads: Innovation vs. Control – Can Both Survive?

Seven million Brits are playing with crypto. Seven. Million. That’s not a fringe movement these days—that’s a growing majority of the population. Instead, the UK government is trying to take a victory lap for its ambition to be “innovative” and “safe” in the crypto space. I think they may actually...

UK Crypto Regulation: Will It Crush Southeast Asia's Web3 Dreams?

I get it. But the current regulatory path often seems more like an obstacle than an innovation pathway. Such a wall would, by default, cut off artists and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia from accessing the opportunities that Web3 can provide, when many need them the most. We need to ask...

UK and US to Forge Transatlantic Sandbox for Digital Securities

The UK government is set to establish a "UK–US Financial Regulatory Working Group" to explore the creation of a "transatlantic sandbox for digital securities." This new initiative seeks to encourage innovation, as well as the need to work through the regulatory challenges that our fast-paced crypto market presents. The UK...

MiCA's Test: Can Europe Balance Crypto Innovation and Regulatory Rigor?

Europe's crypto ambitions are grand. MiCA, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, holds the prospect of a single rulebook. Here is where promise versus reality become hugely evident, particularly when you have 27 nations at the table. The true test isn’t the drafting of that regulation, it’s the manner—including consistency—and intelligence—with...

EU Crypto Race: Gemini & Coinbase Secure Licenses, But at What Cost?

As we reported, the European crypto landscape is getting hot. Key industry players including Gemini and now Coinbase are directly working out the operational challenges imposed by the EU’s complicated regulatory regime. It is full steam ahead for the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, which just recently came into...

Malta's Crypto 'Fast Lane' Could Undermine EU's Bold Web3 Vision

Malta’s long been a controversial topic, and recently, much of it has been for the wrong reasons. Fantastic that household names like Jupiter, Gemini and Coinbase are queuing up for EU licences. MiCA was meant to be this great, harmonized, single framework, hoooooray. One seat to rule them all, across...

Immutable's NFT Surge: A Win for Southeast Asian Artists?

The recent NFT market surge, with Immutable (IMX) overtaking Ethereum in sales volume, isn't just a statistic. It’s a potential lifeline for a segment of the art world often left drowning in gas fees and inaccessible platforms: Southeast Asian artists.Forgotten Voices, New Opportunities?Indeed, the NFT narrative has been unjustly centered...