Stablecoins and MICA

By: Ignacio Ferrer-Bonsoms (BAS President) Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that are designed to maintain a stable value, usually pegged to a fiat currency like the US dollar. Stablecoins are popular because they provide a way to transfer funds quickly and securely without the volatility that is often associated with other cryptocurrencies. However, as stablecoins become increasingly…

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Legal value of smart contracts.

By: Martín Tarazona (guest author) Smart contracts is a term coined by Nick Szabo in the 90’s, which seeks to define contracts that do not require the intervention of the State, paper, or justice operators to be enforced because they have the capacity to be executed automatically and consist of sentences programmed in machine language…

Meta World Congress

BAS collaborates in Meta World Congress

On March 31st and April 1st, see you at Meta World Congress in Madrid. BAS is a partner company in this unique technological event on Metaverse, web 3.0, virtual reality and augmented reality. A congress that will be held in the real physical world, with a capacity of 5,000 people in La Nave in Madrid,…

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Crypto market balance sheet 2022

BY: David Madrona Salazar (guest author) The cryptocurrency ecosystem experienced severe price corrections in 2022, after reaching record highs in market capitalization in 2021. Reminiscent of the 2018 “cryptowinter,” the collapse has eroded more than US $1 trillion ($1.4 trillion) in value and led to a drop in investor value. Layoffs, hiring freezes and subdued…

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Year 2023: the year of DAOs

By: Maria Del Sagrario Navarro Lerida (guest author) There are those who believe that 2023 will be the year of the DAO – Decentralized Autonomous Organizations-. I think so too. The fact is that the potential of decentralized governance, which makes it possible to generate value in a network, distribute that value through tokenization, and…

the metaverse of the future

By: John Fernández (guest author) Metaverse, this is the word that resonates more and more in the technology sector that aims to give a 360 degree turn to what we know today as internet. The most basic vision is that of a virtual environment in which we can perform tasks of our daily lives with…

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Investment in cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DeFi, need or not to register in the Registry of Crypto Providers of the Bank of Spain?

By: Andrés Martínez – Zurita (guest author) As I discussed in a post in April 2022 on my LinkedIn profile, I was involved in advising on the incorporation of an investment vehicle, which would invest in cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DeFi (decentralized finance), in various Liquidity Pools, etc. Does a crypto-investment company need authorization or registration? As…