Named experts · Practitioner profile
Marius Raetz
Linklaters LLP ↗ · Germany, European Union
★ Editor's Watch — Stablecoin issuance, MiCA CASP
About Marius
Marius Raetz is Counsel in Linklaters' Financial Regulation Group in Frankfurt. His public work focuses on the interplay between MiCA, EMD2, and PSD2 — including a detailed analysis of the EBA's EMT no-action approach to dual MiCA / payment-services authorisation for stablecoin issuers.
Editor's note
Lead author of one of the clearest published analyses of the MiCAR / EMD2 / PSD2 interplay for stablecoin issuers — exactly the rule-set the EMT vs ART regime forces issuers to scope first.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Counsel, Linklaters Frankfurt — Financial Regulation Group
Jurisdictions
Sources
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Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Marius's practice (Germany, European Union · Stablecoin issuance, MiCA CASP).
Germany · BaFin · KMAG
Germany BaFin CASP Authorisation: KMAG, Simplified Procedure, and 2026 Reality
Germany transposed MiCA via the Cryptomarkets Supervision Act (KMAG), published 27 December 2024. BaFin runs a simplified procedure for lega…
DeFi · MiCA scope · 2026 ESMA review
DeFi Under MiCA 2026 — What's Regulated and What Isn't
MiCA covers crypto-asset services 'on behalf of clients' — which catches centralised custody, exchange, and trading platforms but leaves gen…
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…
MiCA Title IV · EMT issuer authorisation
MiCA EMT Issuer Authorisation — Title IV in Practice
EMT issuer authorisation under MiCA Title IV runs through the EMI route — credit institutions and electronic money institutions can issue EM…
MiCA Title II · Token sales and white paper
MiCA Token Sale Rules 2026 — White Paper and Public Offer
MiCA Title II regulates the issuance and public offering of crypto-assets that are not ARTs or EMTs. The issuer prepares a white paper, noti…
Crypto staking · MiCA scope analysis
Crypto Staking Under MiCA 2026 — Service, Custody or Out of Scope
Staking-as-a-service through a CASP is in scope of MiCA Title V — typically as crypto-asset custody plus an additional service layer. Pure p…