Posts By Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia
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247Bitcoin Consumes Less Energy than Classical Payments: Report
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia June 26, 2022Research report finds that the Lightning network enables a single Bitcoin transaction to become 194 million times more energy-efficient than a classical payment.
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288RBI 2025 Vision Targets Growth in Digital Payments
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia June 24, 2022The vision document outlines plans to introduce a framework for regulating all "significant intermediaries" in the payments ecosystem, as well as regulations for bigtech, fintechs and BNPL.
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341India: Crypto Exchanges Call on NPCI to Restore UPI Services
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia June 23, 2022Since April, Indian crypto exchanges have not been able to accept deposits via the UPI. BACC members are asking for a reversal of the decision.
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329Vietnam to Drive Bank Mergers to Enhance Competitiveness
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia June 22, 2022The government has approved a project that will require banks have a capital adequacy ratio of at least 10-11 percent by 2023 and 11-12 percent by 2025.
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403Korea: New FSC, FSS Chiefs to Prioritise Stability, Growth
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia June 21, 2022The FSS will be led by former prosecutor Lee Bok-hyun, while the FSC will be led by Kim Joo-hyun, who helped guide Korea through the 2008 crisis.
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422US SEC Penalises Online Broker Over Meme Stock Restrictions
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia June 1, 2022In January 2021, TradeZero America halted trading in three meme stocks for about 10 minutes, but later told investors it had resisted instructions from its clearing broker to do so.
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634Terra Collapse Sparks Regulatory Change, Lawsuits in Korea
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia May 26, 2022The FSC says thirteen relevant bills on digital asset investor protection are currently pending at the National Assembly.
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600US Federal Court Declares Crypto Subject to Sanctions Laws
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia May 20, 2022A newly unsealed federal court opinion supports the DOJ's first criminal prosecution involving the use of crypto for sanctions evasion.
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430ASIC Sets Out Expectations on Cyber Risk Management
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia May 20, 2022The guidance follows Australia's first Federal Court judgment ruling that an AFS licensee breached its obligations on managing cyber risk.
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1.8KUS Charges Crypto CEO for Fraudulent Investment Scheme
Mark Johnston, Regulation Asia May 19, 2022Eddy Alexandre, the CEO of EminiFX, promised weekly returns would be generated through proprietary robo-advising technology.
