Paskutinę minutę siūlomi MiCA pakeitimai atgaivina ES uždraudimo bitcoin grėsmę, atskleidžia ataskaita – „Bitcoin“ naujienos

Changes to the EU’s MiCA proposal to regulate crypto markets, suggested shortly before a vote on the package, indicate a bitcoin ban is still a possibility. Despite recently removing wording that would have prohibited coins with energy-intensive mining, some members of the European Parliament are now targeting “unsustainable” cryptocurrencies.

Naujosiose MiCA dalyse raginama kriptovaliutoms taikyti „tvarumo standartus“

A text banning the offering of services for cryptocurrencies relying on the proof-of-work (PoW) mining method was recently deleted from Europe’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) draft legislation. The controversial provision had sparked negative reactions from the crypto industry and community.

However, attempts to effectively ban cryptocurrencies like bitcoin in the EU have continued. Amendments to MiCA proposed on Friday, days before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) votes on the package, aim to restrict cryptos classified as “unsustainable.”

PoW mining is not specifically mentioned this time but the end result is likely to be the same, the German crypto news outlet BTC Echo reported. “Crypto assets shall be subject to minimum environmental sustainability standards with respect to their consensus mechanism used for validating transactions, before being issued, offered or admitted to trading in the Union,” the new provision reads.

Such cryptocurrencies, according to the authors of the amendments, shall be compliant with sustainability requirements. If the proposal is backed by ECON on Monday, when the committee is scheduled to vote on MiCA, bitcoin-related services will be de facto excluded from the scope of regulated activities. Patrick Hansen, head of strategy and growth at Unstoppable Finance, tweeted:

1/8 Blogos naujienos #bitcoin & # kriptovaliuta in the EU ?

Draudimas belaisvių iš esmės sugrįžo į Europos Parlamento projektą, dėl kurio komitete bus balsuojama pirmadienį.

I just read the latest draft. A quick update ?@balajis @_pgauthier @BrianBrooksUS

- Patrick Hansen (@paddi_hansen) Kovo 12, 2022

Pranešime pažymima, kad teigiamo balsavimo pasekmės būtų pražūtingos. Visiškas kriptovaliutų uždraudimas, pagrįstas darbo įrodymo koncepcija, paralyžiuotų skaitmeninio turto rinką ES ir paskatintų apeiti įstatymus, susilpnintų vartotojų apsaugą ir galiausiai būtų priverstas daugelis pramonės įmonių pasitraukti iš Sąjungos.

Officials and regulators from several member states, including Germany, have in the past few months called for a European ban on the power-hungry PoW mining, citing environmental reasons. Sweden insisted on such a measure, warning that the increasing use of renewable energy to mint bitcoin comes at the expense of climate neutrality goals in other sectors. Non-EU countries like Norway have been considering backing its stance.

Ar tikitės, kad Europos Parlamentas priims neseniai pasiūlytas pataisas, skirtas kriptovaliutoms, kurios yra įrodytos? Papasakokite mums toliau pateiktame komentarų skyriuje.

Lubomir Tassev

Lubomiras Tassevas yra žurnalistas iš technologijų išmanymo Rytų Europos, kuriam patinka Hitchenso citata: „Būti rašytoju yra tai, kas esu, o ne tai, ką darau“. Be kriptovaliutų, „blockchain“ ir „fintech“, tarptautinė politika ir ekonomika yra dar du įkvėpimo šaltiniai.

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