Policy and Regulation of Crypto Assets: Separating Facts from Fiction in Navigating the Legal and Regulatory Landscape

All attendees who completed this subject will be equipped to:

• Grasp and articulate key ideas concerning the DLT technology variety of crypto assets, and identify the key policy concerns (for countries, companies and consumers) in designing digital currencies and working with a variety of crypto assets;
• Understand the rationale of diverse crypto assets and the mechanisms by which blind consensus protocols and smart contracts work;
• Isolate legal, political, economic and social challenges to the widespread adoption of DLT technology;
• Draw their conclusions about whether DLT technology will and should bring significant changes to our financial industries.

The course will be taught by the leading blockchain legal, compliance and computer science scholars, practitioners and thought leaders.

Within a week, you will understand blockchain's technological possibilities and the challenges and pitfalls. Afterwards, we will move towards regulation and compliance of crypto assets within the leading jurisdictions, focusing on the EU and the US. In addition, we will spend a day doing some creative work, including design thinking and creating a smart contract. We will bring and present to you the most innovative crypto asset start-ups from Copenhagen, so you can also hear from them what are their biggest accomplishments and challenges.

Furthermore, we will review the best practices of AML specialists and dive into money laundering. We will end the week with an understanding of the leading CBDC pilots and reflect on the future of finance.

Throughout the week, participants will be able to join various community activities with blockchain companies and law firms in Copenhagen. The Blockchain Lawyers Forum will host their first Copenhagen BLF Workshop.

The course will run over five days and will consist of the following elements:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tech Deep Dives
• Group work

The plan for the five days are as follows:

• Day 1: Introduction to blockchain technology, variety of crypto assets and helicopter view of the regulatory framework
• Day 2: Crypto-asset regulation in the EU and US
• Day 3: Design thinking, smart contracts, and innovative solutions from Danish start-ups
• Day 4: AML and Money laundering
• Day 5: CBDCs pilots and the future of finance

This course is designed for all lawyers, attorneys, judges, and compliance officers who would like to learn about the regulatory and compliance side of crypto assets and understand this technology. This course is for curious minds that see this technology's potential and understand that it is becoming a legal field of its own, and they wish to be ready. To achieve a great experience, it is recommended that participants have the following:

• Finished bachelor’s degree in law/master or JD in law or juridical science
• Been practicing law or compliance for a minimum of two years

Attention Danish lawyers

Bemærk at kurset opfylder formkravene til obligatorisk efteruddannelse for advokater og advokatfuldmægtige, jf. § 3 i BEK nr. 1474 af 12/12/2007 og nr. 820 af 25/06/2010. Ved tilmeldingen kan man anmode om at få udleveret kursusbevis ved arrangementets afslutning. Kurset er dog ikke forhåndsgodkendt af Advokatsamfundet.