(a)

effective and ongoing monitoring, for the purposes of preventing, detecting and identifying orders and transactions where circumstances might exist indicating that market abuse has been committed, is being committed or is likely to be committed, of all orders received and transmitted, and all transactions in crypto-assets executed;

(b)

effective and ongoing monitoring of aspects of the functioning of the DLT, for the purposes of detecting and identifying other aspects of the functioning of the distributed ledger technology, including the consensus mechanism, where circumstances might exist indicating that market abuse has been committed, is being committed or is likely to be committed;

(c)

the transmission of STORs to competent authorities in accordance with the requirements set out in this Regulation and using the template set out in the Annex.

(a)

the capacity in which the order is placed or the transaction is executed;

(b)

the types of clients concerned;

(c)

whether the orders were placed or transactions executed on or outside a trading platform.

(a)

appropriate and proportionate in relation to the scale, size and nature of their business activity;

(b)

regularly assessed, at least through an annually conducted audit and internal review, and updated when necessary;

(c)

clearly documented in writing, including any changes or updates to them, for the purposes of compliance with this Regulation, and that the documented information is maintained for a period of 5 years.