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FSB Letter to G20 Highlights Risks from Debt, Crypto, Climate
By Manesh Samtani | 13/11/2022
The FSB is concerned with record-high debt levels, structural vulnerabilities in crypto, and climate-related financial risks.
Crypto / Digital Assets
KakaoBank to Open Accounts for Coinone Exchange Users
By Editors | 13/11/2022
Coinone will end its partnership with Nonghyup Bank to increase online withdrawal and deposit limits with KakaoBank.
Crypto / Digital Assets
NY Fed, MAS to Test CBDC-based Cross-Border Payments
By Editors | 11/11/2022
“Project Cedar Phase II x Ubin+” will seek to enhance designs for atomic settlement of cross-border cross-currency transactions, leveraging wholesale CBDCs as a settlement asset.
Fintech / Regtech
RBNZ Considers Need to Regulate Crypto Assets
By Editors | 11/11/2022
The RBNZ plans to publish an issues paper on the potential need to regulate private cryptoassets early next month.
Crypto / Digital Assets
HashKey Obtains New Approvals in Hong Kong, Singapore
By Editors | 10/11/2022
HashKey has full approval to operate a crypto trading platform in Hong Kong and in-principle approval to offer fund management services in Singapore.
Crypto / Digital Assets
OFAC Redesignated Tornado Cash to Link to DPRK WMD Programme
By Editors | 10/11/2022
The August designation did not connect Tornado Cash to North Korea’s nuclear programme.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Binance Backs Out of FTX Deal, Citing Regulatory Probes
By Manesh Samtani | 10/11/2022
The US DOJ, SEC and CFTC are investigating FTX over its crypto lending products, handling of customer funds, and relationship with its US entity.
Crypto / Digital Assets
StanChart to Consider Offering Retail Crypto Services in Hong Kong
By Editors | 10/11/2022
CEO Bill Winters said Standard Chartered Bank will consider offering crypto trading services to Hong Kong retail customers.
Crypto / Digital Assets
HSBC to Launch Tokenisation Platform for Digital Bond Issuance
By Editors | 09/11/2022
HSBC said the European Investment Bank is exploring using the platform to issue the market’s first-ever GBP tokenised bond.
Crypto / Digital Assets
Philippines: Union Bank Starts Offering Crypto Services
By Editors | 09/11/2022
Union Bank’s digital asset platform, developed by Swiss firm Metaco, went live last week, offering trading in bitcoin and ether.
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