Since the 2018 Bitcoin crash and more recently since Facebook’s announcement of a global ‘stablecoin’ Diem, the EU has taken a greater interest in crypto markets as a part of its digital finance package.
The European Union has targeted large online platforms as potential threats to competition in the digital world. According to the Commission’s Vice President and Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, “many gatekeepers play a dual role, as both player and referee.
It can be a pain when your boss rings you when you are having a TV dinner, or an important email pings on your phone on Sunday morning and has to be answered more or less immediately.
On 15 December 2020, the EU Commission released a proposal for a Regulation on Contestable and Fair Markets in the Digital Sector – referred as the ”Digital Markets Act” (hereinafter ”DMA”).
Working at home is something many of us have got used to – maybe too used to – over the last year. In a strange way we are recreating the experience of our ancestors.