Article 7 Disclosures by the crypto-asset service provider as referred to in Article 72(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

1. the services, activities or circumstances giving rise, or which may give rise, to conflicts of interest as referred to in Article 2(1) and Article 3(1), including the role and capacity in which the crypto-asset service provider is acting when providing the crypto-asset service to the client;

2. the nature of the conflicts of interest identified;

3. the risks identified in relation to the conflicts of interest referred to in Article 2(1) and Article 3(1);

4. the steps and measures taken to mitigate the identified conflicts of interest.

The disclosures referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be considered as a sufficient way to manage and mitigate conflicts of interest.

Crypto-asset service providers shall make available to their clients the information referred to in paragraph 1 at all times in a prominent place on their website and in formats available on any device through which the crypto-asset service is provided to the client. Where the crypto-asset service provider makes such disclosures on the relevant device, the crypto-asset service provider shall also provide a link to the same disclosures made on its website.

Crypto-asset service providers shall keep the information referred to in Article 72(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 updated at all times.

For the purposes of the disclosure referred to in paragraph 2, crypto-asset service providers shall keep up-to-date records of all situations giving rise to actual and potential conflicts of interest, including the relevant crypto-asset services or activities, and of the measures taken to prevent or manage such conflicts in the relevant situations. The records shall be kept for a period of 5 years.

Crypto-asset service providers shall make the disclosures available in all languages used by them to market their services and to communicate with their clients in the relevant Member State.