Transfer Agent
German: Registerführer
The party responsible for maintaining the register of holders and executing transfers; in tokenized structures this role is regulated separately in several jurisdictions.
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Readers asking who legally keeps the register when a smart contract does the bookkeeping, and whether a licence is required.
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Registerführer — Die Stelle, die das Verzeichnis der Inhaber führt und Übertragungen ausführt; bei tokenisierten Strukturen ist diese Rolle in mehreren Rechtsordnungen gesondert reguliert.
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