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Big Picture
French Regulator Calls for Global Approach to DeFi Regulation
By Editors | 21/06/2023
The AMF seeks a “balanced regulatory framework that will help support the sound development of decentralised finance in the long run”.

Crypto / Digital Assets
MAS Proposes Common Digital Money Standards
By Karen Ng | 21/06/2023
MAS has published a whitepaper specifying conditions for the use of digital money.

Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS Offers Blueprint for Future Monetary & Financial System
By Editors | 21/06/2023
The BIS says the future financial system will combine tokenised money and assets on a programmable platform.

AML / KYC
Japan Introduces New Tax Rules for Token Issuers
By Mark Johnston | 20/06/2023
The new tax rules exempt issuers from paying taxes on unrealised gains on tokens they issue and hold.

Crypto / Digital Assets
US FDIC Orders OKCoin to Stop Advertising Deposit Insurance
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/06/2023
Crypto firm OKCoin is directed to “immediately” remove misleading statements about deposit insurance or face enforcement action.

Enforcement
NYAG Penalises CoinEx $1.8m for Failure to Register
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/06/2023
CoinEx must implement geoblocking to prevent New York IP addresses from accessing its platform.

AML / KYC
US Court Orders Binance to Isolate US Business from Global Operations
By Manesh Samtani | 19/06/2023
The SEC said the “emergency relief” helps ensure that Binance.US customers are protected and their assets remain in the US.

Crypto / Digital Assets
Global Consortium Executes First “Quantum-Secure” Trade Transaction
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 19/06/2023
The trade parties utilised IMDA’s ‘TradeTrust framework’ and placed a quantum-secure ‘seal’ on the electronic trade documents.

Crypto / Digital Assets
HKMA Meets with Crypto Firms on Banking Access Challenges
By Karen Ng | 19/06/2023
Banks operating in Hong Kong should endeavour to meet the legitimate business need of licensed VASPs, the HKMA told Regulation Asia.

Crypto / Digital Assets
BIS Innovation Hub Concludes Joint CBDC Experiment With BOE
By Editors | 19/06/2023
Project Rosalind explored how a universal and extensible API layer could connect central bank and private sector infrastructures and facilitate retail CBDC payments.
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