CRYPTO / DIGITAL ASSETS

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Explains Different Treatment of Binance, FTX

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/11/2022

    While both Binance and FTX are not licensed Singapore, only Binance was “actively soliciting users” in Singapore, so it was added to the Investor Alert List.

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    Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2022 – Results Announcement

    By Editors | 23/11/2022

    Regulation Asia held its fifth annual Awards ceremony on 22 November 2022. Here we explain our methodology and announce the winners for the year.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FTX’s “Complete Failure” of Corporate Controls, Worse Than Enron

    By Manesh Samtani | 18/11/2022

    Restructuring specialist John J Ray says FTX’s failure is the worst he has ever seen, citing control failures and the “complete absence” of trustworthy financial information.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    NYIC, US Banks Launch PoC to Test Digital Money Platform

    By Editors | 17/11/2022

    Participants include BNY Mellon, Citi, HSBC, Mastercard, PNC Bank, TD Bank, Truist, US Bank, Wells Fargo, SETL, Digital Asset, AWS, SWIFT, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Deloitte.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Korea FSS to Issue Accounting Guidelines for Crypto Firms

    By Editors | 17/11/2022

    The current accounting system in Korea does not provide options for companies dealing in crypto.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    ISDA to Publish Draft Standards for Crypto Derivatives by Year End

    By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2022

    ISDA will also consider developing collateral documentation for OTC crypto derivatives transactions and standard contracts for crypto swaps and physically-settled transactions.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Singapore and Hong Kong Regulators Address FTX Queries

    By Editors | 15/11/2022

    MAS said FTX is neither licensed nor exempt from licensing in Singapore. Hong Kong’s SFC said licensed fund managers’ exposure to FTX is “immaterial”.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    EU Parliament Adopts DORA Text, Enforcement Expected in 2025

    By Editors | 14/11/2022

    New requirements on network and information system security will apply to all financial system participants, including crypto firms and cloud services providers.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    BISIH to Tackle Key CBDC Challenges with Project Tourbillon

    By Editors | 14/11/2022

    Project Tourbillon aims to reconcile trade-offs between cyber resiliency, scalability, and privacy through experimentation with a prototype CBDC.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FTX Bankruptcy, Secret Transfers, and Regulatory Probes

    By Manesh Samtani | 14/11/2022

    FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware as regulators in multiple jurisdictions investigate allegations of illegal activity.

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