The central bank has substituted the term ‘virtual currency’ with ‘virtual asset’ and has clarified how and when virtual assets may be used for payment. It has also specified that in the case of investment funds which are prevalent in other countries; having completed the notification process, their investment units may be marketed in Lithuania.
The bank clarified that financial market participants should not participate in activities or provide services associated with virtual assets. As such, financial market participants are prohibited from receiving payments in virtual assets, issuing virtual asset loans, or accepting virtual assets as collateral (except for cases where virtual asset tokens are considered to be securities).
The central bank, however, added that financial market participants may hold a small quantity of virtual assets for the purposes of using blockchain technology in their activities.
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