Alireza Siadat on MiCA: The EU's Crypto Rulebook

MiCA is the EU's landmark crypto-asset regulation — and it changes the rules for every fintech touching digital assets. Alireza Siadat, Head of Digital Assets at Annerton, breaks it down with Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this matters for fintech: MiCA is core fintech regulation: it defines how crypto-assets can be issued, traded, and served across Europe. For any fintech in digital assets, compliance is now the price of market access.

In this episode, we cover:

• What MiCA regulates across EU crypto-assets
• Alireza Siadat on the legal reality for fintechs
• How issuers and service providers must adapt
• Where MiCA meets existing financial regulation
• Practical steps for digital-asset compliance

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