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Does the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) permit the staking of clients’ crypto-assets by crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) for their own account?

Article 32a, paragraph 3, third sub-paragraph of Directive (EU) 2011/61/EU (as modified by CBDF Directive) states the following: "(…) For a period of 36 months from the date referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the AIFM shall not engage in pre-marketing of units or shares of the EU AIFs referred to in the notification, or in respect of similar investment strategies or investment ideas, in the Member State identified in the notification referred to in paragraph 2.” How should "similar investment strategies or investment ideas" be interpreted?

For the purpose of preparing the Register of ICT Supplier Information (RoI) on a sub-consolidated basis, is it necessary to include within the different templates (ref. “B_XX.XX.XXX”) the information pertaining to both the Contractual Agreements that the Entity signs and those that it uses?
Specifically then, the “financial entity maintaining the register of information” is to be considered corresponding to the "entity signing the contractual arrangement" and the "financial entity making use of the ICT service(s)"?

Are electronic communications or telephone conversations limited to the provision of information about different investment alternatives subject to the record keeping obligation under article 16(7) of MiFID II when there is no possibility to enter into a trade during that interaction?

Should face-to-face conversations with clients be recorded if the client order is placed in a written form or contract signed during the meeting?