Meet the institutions shaping MiCA compliance and sustainability
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Our Mission
The MiCA Crypto Alliance is an industry-led initiative designed to support coordination, establish best practices, and drive cost efficiency under the MiCA regulatory framework.
At its core is a commitment to providing access to the most trusted, scrutinised crypto climate data available.
The Alliance maintains the industry’s most comprehensive ESG database for cryptocurrencies, updated daily to provide members with accurate, reliable insights that meet MiCA’s evolving standards.
Industry Challenge
Lack of Industry Coordination
Protocols, exchanges, consultants and lawyers are misaligned on where responsibility lies.
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Knowledge Gaps Among Practitioners
Existing players in the space have insufficient expertise in crypto policy, technology or sustainability.
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Regulatory Ambiguity from ESMA
Methodologies and expected outputs remain unclear, and previous whitepaper work is already outdated.
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High Overhead Costs
Lawyers, data, quantitative studies, and continuous upkeep amounting to well over six figures.
Membership Benefits
Advanced Sustainability Tracking
Easily measure and report your environmental impact to meet MiCA’s sustainability rules.
Shape Our Standards
Engage regularly with global legal and policy teams to ensure full compliance with MiCA.
Access to Smart AI Tools
Our AI tools work with humans to improve your white papers, cut costs, and go beyond the bare minimum.
Ongoing Support
When MiCA changes or your data gets old, we help you stay compliant.
Expert Advice from our researchers
Get expert blockchain guidance and exclusive tools to rate your white paper's quality.
Legal Liability Protection
Stay protected with help from the Alliance’s technical legal partners.
Access to the Committee
Learn directly from top experts, some of whom helped write MiCA itself.
Steering Committee
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 DLT Science Foundation.
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