Coordinating Compliance for a Sustainable Blockchain Future.
The MiCA Crypto Alliance is a collaborative initiative established by the DLT Science Foundation, designed to streamline and enhance compliance with the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. Governed by its members, including L1 and L2 protocols, and exchanges, the Alliance fosters uniformity and comparability in white paper content and sustainability indicators. By coordinating these efforts, the Alliance reduces compliance costs and ensures high standards across the industry, providing members with exclusive access to advanced tools and resources for sustainability assessment and white paper development.
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Meet the diverse group of institutions that drive our collaborative approach to compliance and sustainability.
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Mission
We are launching the MiCA Crypto Alliance bringing together industry in the interest of coordination, setting best practices, and reducing costs. All the while ensuring access to the best, scrutinised crypto climate data.
What we solve for
Lack of industry coordination
Protocols, exchanges, consultants and lawyers are misaligned on where responsibility lies.
Practitioners lack knowledge
Existing players in the space have insufficient expertise in crypto policy, technology or sustainability.
ESMA has not set best practice
Methodologies and expected outputs remain unclear, and previous whitepaper work is already outdated.
High overhead costs
Lawyers, data, quantitive studies, and continuous upkeep amounting to well over six figures.
Steering Committee
Peter advises on Technological Innovation, Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity at the European Commission’s financial services department. He has lead work on the European Commission’s Fintech Action Plan and Digital Finance Strategy and co-chaired the European Commission’s Fintech Taskforce. Peter is often referred to as the father of Mica (the EU Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) and Dora (the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act). He has extensive experience in EU policy and regulation in a wide variety of fields, including single market, financial services, digitalisation, security, foreign policy sanctions, consumer protection as well as health and food safety. Earlier in his career, Peter was Finance Counsellor at the EU Embassy in Washington DC. He has also been a member of the private offices of the commissioner for the internal market and services and the commissioner for health and consumer protection. Before joining the European Commission in 1996, Peter advised major corporations on EU policy and regulatory affairs. He is a Dutch national and holds double magna cum laude Master degrees in European affairs and political science from the College of Europe in Bruges and the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School and a consummate public speaker.
Dimitris Psarrakis is an accomplished financial economist and financial markets innovator, currently holding the position of Board Director at GBBC and serving as a Senior Fellow at Wharton Business School. He is a co-founder of ValueVerse and possesses extensive experience in corporate finance, banking, and financial regulation. Psarrakis dedicated seven years to the role of Economic and Monetary Policy Specialist at the European Parliament, where he was instrumental in co-drafting significant portions of the EU's Digital Finance Regulations, including the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation and the DLT Pilot Regime. Additionally, he contributed to the design of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the InvestEU and has authored policy reports for the G-20. He is a frequent speaker in prominent financial and regulatory fora and he has lectured classes in leading Universities including Cambridge, Harvard, Stanford, and MIT.
Dr. Clara Guerra is a distinguished leader in digital finance and emerging technologies, currently serving as the Director of the Office for Financial Market Innovation and Digitalisation (SFID) within the Liechtenstein Government. In this role, she spearheads strategic initiatives that drive digital transformation, while pragmatically addressing associated risks and ensuring alignment between government regulations and industry innovations in the financial market and emerging technologies. Additionally, Dr. Guerra is the Co-Chair of the European Blockchain Association and Chair of the INATBA Governmental Advisory Board, where she plays a crucial role in shaping global digital policy. With her legal expertise and extensive international experience, Dr. Guerra is recognised as a thought leader who advocates for balanced and forward-thinking regulatory approaches across diverse sectors, including MedTech and education.
Roman Beck is a Full Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen and is the Head of the European Blockchain Center. He also heads the Working Group on Blockchain Ethics for the EU Commission and represents Denmark in the European Blockchain Partnership Technical Working Group at the EU Commission in Brussels. Additionally, he serves as the convenor of the Blockchain Interoperability Governance group at UNECE and was the appointed Danish expert on the OECD Blockchain Policy advisory board as well as the convenor of the ISO TC307 standard TS23635 on Blockchain Governance. For more information go to: www.ebcc.eu
Technical Committee
Juan Ignacio Ibañez is the Chief of Staff at the DLT Science Foundation. His work focuses on blockchain and sustainability, covering carbon accounting, carbon markets, renewable energy, and supply chains. He has authored multiple scientific articles on blockchain carbon footprint and the two first MiCA white papers ever written. He is also a researcher at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies and a lecturer at the Catholic University of Argentina.
Ian Jebbitt is a Durham University graduate in Law and an Oxford University Graduate in Intellectual Property Law. Ian qualified with DLA Piper in the United Kingdom and relocated to Hong Kong as part of the team that established a new Intellectual Property practice in Hong Kong in 2012. Ian is a seasoned multi-jurisdictional expert in intellectual property law, with over 15 years spent as a leading lawyer at DLA Piper advising blue chip clients in all four corners of the globe. Ian occupied the position of Chief Operating Officer of TOKO, a 100% tech subsidiary of DLA Piper, the first entity to receive a full market license from VARA in Dubai. Ian also served a term as a Co-Chair for Hedera and occupies the office of General Counsel at Hedera’s DLT Science Foundation.
Membership Benefits
Advanced Sustainability Indicators
Measure and report your environmental impact, ensuring compliance with MiCA’s sustainability requirements -- ahead of 1 January 2025.
Influence Over Standards
Participate in regular Alliance engagement with legal and policy teams around the world, all working towards a very specific application: achieving perfect compliance with MiCA.
Human-in-the-loop AI White Paper Elaboration Tools
Reduce compliance costs and go beyond the “bare minimum”, achieving the state of the art.
Ongoing Support
When MiCA requirements are updated, on when data goes out of date, DSF enables you to catch back up.
Strategic Guidance from DSF
Receive personalised strategic and technical guidance from the DLT Science Foundation’s team of blockchain experts to navigate the complexities of MiCA compliance, and access to DSF’s internal white paper scoring tools.
Legal liability protection
Through the Alliance’s technical partners.
Access to the Steering Committee
World-leading specialist, including experts involved in the writing of MiCA itself.
News & Updates
Get the latest news on our initiatives, events, and regulatory changes impacting the blockchain industry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers about the MiCA Crypto Alliance, MiCA regulations, membership benefits, and how we support our members.
