{"id":8727,"date":"2025-09-18T13:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/?post_type=video&#038;p=8727"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:22:33","slug":"the-rules-for-trading-crypto-assets-in-slovakia-and-in-the-eu-will-become-significantly-stricter","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/video\/the-rules-for-trading-crypto-assets-in-slovakia-and-in-the-eu-will-become-significantly-stricter\/","title":{"rendered":"The rules for trading crypto-assets in Slovakia and in the EU will become significantly stricter."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting from the New Year, the rules for trading crypto-assets in Slovakia and in the EU will become significantly stricter. \ud83d\udd12\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 While up until now it was enough to simply notify the Licensing Authority of the intention to provide cryptocurrency exchange or wallet services, going forward a license from the National Bank of Slovakia will be required. \ud83c\udfe6\u2705<br><br>What does this mean in practice? \u2699\ufe0f<br>\u2022 A company must have at least \u20ac125,000 in its own capital (not just in registered share capital). \ud83d\udcb6<br>\u2022 It must implement precise and structured processes to prevent money laundering (AML). \ud83d\udd0d\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f<br>\u2022 Trading with crypto-assets that cannot be traced will be prohibited. \ud83d\udeab<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/carnogursky-ulc\/posts\/?feedView=videos&amp;viewAsMember=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These changes<\/a> are being introduced with the goal of increasing transparency and security in the market. \ud83d\udca1\ud83d\udcc8<br><br>Do you think this is a step forward for the cryptocurrency ecosystem in Slovakia, or an overly strict limitation for emerging crypto projects? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any questions, please contact our law firm <a href=\"mailto:office@ulclegal.com\">office@ulclegal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting from the New Year, the rules for trading crypto-assets in Slovakia and in the EU will become significantly stricter. \ud83d\udd12\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 While up until now it was enough to simply notify the Licensing Authority of the intention to provide cryptocurrency exchange or wallet services, going forward a license from the National Bank of Slovakia will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-8727","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video\/8727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/video"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ulclegal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}