CRYPTO / DIGITAL ASSETS

Crypto / Digital Assets

US SEC Probes Due Diligence Practices of FTX Investors

By Editors | 09/01/2023

Venture capital firms and investment funds that invested in FTX may face scrutiny about whether they met their fiduciary duties to their own investors.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Indonesian Regulator Bappebti Seeks to Launch Crypto Exchange

By Editors | 09/01/2023

Bappebti is seeking to establish a new crypto exchange for Indonesian users before its regulatory powers over the sector are transferred to the OJK.

Crypto / Digital Assets

GDF Proposes Voluntary Standards for Global Cryptoasset Market

By Manesh Samtani | 09/01/2023

In designing the standards, the GDF has leveraged the framework and high-level principles existing in the FX Global Code.

AML / KYC

AUSTRAC: Risk Assessments Must be Alive to Emerging Threats

By Bradley Maclean | 08/01/2023

Top official Brad Brown discusses AUSTRAC’s ongoing work to upgrade its reporting system and further advance Australia’s AML/CTF system.

Crypto / Digital Assets

NYAG Files Suit Against Founder of Crypto Lender Celsius

By Manesh Samtani | 08/01/2023

NYAG says Alex Mashinsky lied about Celsius’s safety, then lost customer funds in risky investments and concealed the firm’s deteriorating financial condition.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UK Adds Cryptoassets to Investment Manager Exemption

By Editors | 08/01/2023

Global investors using UK investment managers will not be subject to UK tax if they include cryptoassets within their portfolios.

Crypto / Digital Assets

US SEC Objects to Binance Acquisition of Bankrupt Crypto Lender

By Editors | 07/01/2023

The SEC may be concerned about a possible co-mingling of funds between Binance’s US and global entities to fund the acquisition.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Singapore-Based Crypto Wallet BitKeep Suffers $8m Hack

By Editors | 05/01/2023

BitKeep said it is working to recover the stolen funds, some of which have already been frozen. Compensating victimised users is a top priority.

AML / KYC

NYDFS Ends Coinbase AML Probe With $100m Settlement

By Editors | 05/01/2023

The settlement includes a $50mn penalty and a commitment by Coinbase to invest a further $50mn in its compliance programme over the next two years.