Central Bank to pay experts €7.5m to assist bank in regulation of crypto assets

Bank is seeking firms to tender for a place on a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of expert services in crypto regulation

The selected firms are to support the Central Bank in the assessment of applications from firms seeking authorisation for the provision of, or notifying that they intend to provide crypto-asset services.

The Central Bank is set to pay out an estimated €7.5m to experts to assist the bank in the regulation of crypto assets.

In the invitation to tender, the Central Bank is seeking firms to tender for a place on a multi-party framework agreement for the provision of expert services for Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR).