Ex-Binance Legal Heavyweight Jumps Ship to Quantoz Payments—Regulatory Chess Move?

Quantoz Payments just snagged a major player—Binance’s former top lawyer joins as General Counsel. Timing’s suspiciously perfect as crypto regs tighten globally.

Another revolving-door hire or a legit compliance power play? Either way, the compliance-industrial complex keeps cashing checks while builders keep building.

Strengthening the Legal Backbone for EURQ and USDQ Stablecoins

The appointment comes at a key time for Quantoz. The firm launched two regulated stablecoins—EURQ and USDQ—in November 2024.

These euro- and U.S. dollar-referenced digital assets were designed to fully comply with MiCA and are already being used for secondary market payments and crypto exchange transfers.

“Having worked at the world’s largest digital asset exchange, he has been at the forefront of the ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape. This will put us in a very strong position to grow and expand our markets,” said Arnoud Star Busmann, CEO of Quantoz Payments.

A Vote of Confidence in Quantoz’s Market Position

“I am very excited to join Quantoz at such a pivotal time for the digital asset industry and more specifically for stablecoins,” said Van Klaarbergen.

“The speed with which they are growing… is impressive, and I look forward to guiding them through the fast-changing regulatory regime in the years ahead.”

With MiCA coming into full force in 2025, Quantoz appears well-positioned to expand its footprint across Europe, with Van Klaarbergen’s legal leadership seen as central to that ambition.

Quantoz Payments, NPEX, and Dusk Team to Launch Digital Euro

In February, three Dutch firms, Quantoz Payments, NPEX, and Dusk, announced that they had teamed up to launch the EURQ, a digital euro.

Dutch firms @Quantoz, @npex, and @DuskFoundation launch $EURQ, a blockchain-based digital euro built for regulated markets under MiCA.#Blockchain #DigitalEuro #MiCAhttps://t.co/Ilho9L33ao

The firms said this partnership is the first time a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)-licensed stock exchange, NPEX, will use electronic money tokens (EMTs) through a blockchain platform.

According to the firms, EURQ is built to comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). This collaboration involves a licensed stock exchange, an EMT provider, and a blockchain foundation.

Together, the three Dutch firms said they’re creating a bridge between traditional financial systems and blockchain-powered decentralized applications (dApps).