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any benefits and costs resulting from the use of a distributed ledger technology in terms of additional liquidity and financing for start-ups and small- and medium-sized enterprises, safety and efficiency improvements, energy consumption and risk mitigation throughout the entire trading and post-trading chain, including with regard to the recording and safekeeping of DLT financial instruments, the traceability of transactions and enhanced compliance with know-your-customer and anti-money laundering processes, corporate actions and direct exercise of investor rights by means of smart contracts, and reporting and supervisory functions at the level of the DLT market infrastructure;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.