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Marc Mouton
Arendt & Medernach ↗ · Luxembourg, European Union
★ Editor's Watch — MiCA CASP, Crypto custody, Crypto AML
About Marc
Marc Mouton is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Services practice at Arendt & Medernach in Luxembourg. He advises banks, investment firms, payment institutions and electronic money institutions on financial regulatory matters, M&A in the financial sector, and emerging fintech sectors. Arendt, jointly with Latham & Watkins, advised Coinbase on its successful CASP licence application under MiCA from the Luxembourg CSSF.
Editor's note
Mouton led Arendt's team on the first Coinbase MiCA CASP authorisation from the Luxembourg CSSF — the highest-profile MiCA file in the EU.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Member of the Luxembourg Bar since 2006
- LL.M., University College London
- Master in Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jurisdictions
Sources
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Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Marc's practice (Luxembourg, European Union · MiCA CASP, Crypto custody, Crypto AML).
Luxembourg · CSSF · CASP authorisation
Luxembourg CSSF CASP Authorisation 2026 — Practitioner Guide
Luxembourg designated the CSSF as the MiCA CASP supervisor. The CSSF's investment-firm tradition shapes its application standards — institut…
MiCA Article 75 · Custody safeguarding
MiCA Article 75 Crypto Custody — Segregation and Safeguarding
MiCA Article 75 sets the operational rulebook for CASP custody of client crypto-assets — segregation, ledger accuracy, bankruptcy-remoteness…
Belgium · FSMA · CASP authorisation
Belgium FSMA CASP Authorisation 2026 — Practitioner Guide
Belgium transposed MiCA through the Law of 20 December 2024, designating the FSMA as the CASP supervisor and the NBB as the AML-side supervi…
DLT Pilot Regime · MiCA boundary
EU DLT Pilot Regime and MiCA — How the Two Interact
The DLT Pilot Regime is the EU's sandbox for trading and settlement of tokenised financial instruments. MiCA covers crypto-assets that are n…
MiCA Article 60 · Notification-only pathway
MiCA Article 60 — When EU Financial Firms Offer Crypto Without a CASP Licence
MiCA Article 60 gives already-authorised credit institutions, investment firms, EMIs, UCITS managers, and AIFMs a notification-only path to …
Netherlands · AFM · CASP authorisation
Netherlands AFM CASP Authorisation 2026 — Practitioner Guide
The Netherlands transferred CASP supervision from DNB to AFM under the MiCA-implementing Wft amendments — shifting from AML-only registratio…