Crypto / Digital Assets

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    HashKey, SEBA Form Partnership to Drive Digital Assets Adoption

    By Editors | 06/12/2022

    The groups will collaborate to accelerate the institutional adoption of digital assets in Hong Kong and Switzerland.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Bank Indonesia Outlines Plans to Commence CBDC Testing

    By Editors | 05/12/2022

    The first two phases will focus on experimentation with a wholesale CBDC. The third and final stage will involve end-to-end integration with a retail CBDC.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FTX Japan to Allow Withdrawals Starting in January

    By Editors | 04/12/2022

    Under Japanese law, crypto businesses are required to keep users’ assets segregated, shielding FTX Japan from the bankruptcy proceedings in the US.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    DTCC Publishes Findings from Experimental CBDC Work

    By Editors | 02/12/2022

    The prototype developed was able to connect two distinct asset networks to enable “secure, resilient, and efficient security settlement with CBDC.”

    AML / KYC

    Texas Unseals Charges Against 21 Crypto Money Launderers

    By Editors | 02/12/2022

    The 21 US citizens charged helped to move proceeds from US fraud victims to foreign criminal organisations using crypto.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    RBI Launches Pilot to Test CBDC with Consumers, Merchants

    By Editors | 02/12/2022

    The participating banks are State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank.

    Enforcement

    Korean Prosecutors Seek More Terra-related Arrest Warrants

    By Editors | 01/12/2022

    New arrest warrants are sought for co-founder Daniel Shin, as well as Terraform Labs investors and engineers.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    MAS Grants MetaComp Licence to Offer DPT Services in Singapore

    By Editors | 01/12/2022

    MetaComp, a unit of MetaVerse Green Exchange, is now able to offer regulated digital payment token services in Singapore.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Singapore Deputy PM Defends Temasek Over FTX Loss

    By Manesh Samtani | 01/12/2022

    The FTX loss is disappointing, but it does not imply that the governance system is not working, deputy PM Lawrence Wong said.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    More Than 500 Banks Have Now Adopted ‘Swift Go’

    By Editors | 30/11/2022

    Swift outlines progress made in 2022 toward the G20’s goals for enhancing cross-border payments, including through CBDC experimentation.

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