Governance and Control of Data and Digital Economy in the European Single Market : Legal Framework for New Digital Assets, Identities and Data Spaces /

The Legal Framework for New Digital Assets, Identities, and Data Spaces. Introduction / Carmen Pastor Sempere -- A Regulatory Framework for Legal Ecosystems in the Context of Emerging Web-Based Systems and the European AI Value Chain Regulations / Pompeu Casanovas -- Towards Proprietary Digital Assets Under European Soft Law / Cristina Argelich-Comelles -- Crypto Assets and Financial Data Space Regulation in the EU's Hybrid System of Hard and Soft Law / Carmen Pastor Sempere -- Web Technologies for Decentralised Identity / Víctor Rodriguez-Doncel -- The National Security Framework as a Cybersecurity Reference for Information Cryptosystems / Pablo Lopez -- Regulating Stablecoins in the European Union: Asset-Referenced Tokens and E-Money Tokens / Jose Garcia Alcorta -- Stablecoins in the MiCA Regulation / Apollonia Martinez Nadal -- Electronic Money Tokens Under the MiCA Regulation / Agustin Madrid Parra -- Utility Tokens and Their Regulation Under MiCA / Alfonso Martinez-Echevarria y Garcia de Duenas, Rafael del Castillo Ionov -- Crypto-Asset Service Providers: Harmonised Framework vs. Risk of an Unlevel Playing Field / Maria-Teresa Paracampo -- Crypto-Asset White Papers and Marketing Communications Post the MiCA Regulation / Maria-Teresa Otero Cobos -- Regulating Market Abuse in Crypto Assets / Marina Echebarria Saenz -- Current and Future Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Projects / Pablo Sanz Bayon -- The Digital Euro Package: From Legal Tender to Payment Services Providers / Filippo Zatti, Rosa Giovanna Barresi -- PSD3 and the Regulation on Payment Services in the Context of Crypto Assets as a Means of Payment / Lucia Alvarado Herrera.

This book explores the intricate web of regulations governing new digital assets, identities, and data spaces within the European Single Market. It explains the need for legal adaptations to incorporate new technologies in the European Union, focusing on regulating Distributed-Ledger Technologies (DLT/Blockchain) and crypto-assets through the MiCA Regulation. It discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in ensuring stability and user protection and investigates the regulatory frameworks for Asset-Referenced Tokens, E-money Tokens, Utility Tokens, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). It also addresses related topics such as artificial intelligence, digital identities, data spaces, and cyber-security, providing an analysis rooted in European law that points to the European Roadmap to the Digital Decade for 2030. It deals with the European Digital Identity in the eIDAS2 Regulation and the Artificial Intelligence Act, both adopted in 2024, providing a lege ferenda perspective. Additionally, the book examines Open Data and Open Finance, emphasizing their roles in promoting competition and innovation while addressing data privacy and security concerns. It covers the implications and challenges of Digital Money and Digital Payments, particularly in the context of the Digital Euro project, the impact on monetary policy and financial inclusion, and the European Digital Identity the EU Digital Identity Wallet, EUDI enabling mutual recognition of electronic identification systems across EU countries