CRYPTO / DIGITAL ASSETS

Crypto / Digital Assets

ASX Advances Blockchain Development

By Samuel Riding | 18/08/2016

Permission-based network due to replace electronic sub-register.

Crypto / Digital Assets

China Proposes to Recognise Virtual Assets as Property

By Samuel Riding | 03/07/2016

Proposals would give legal protection to virtual assets including currencies.

AML / KYC

Taiwan Busts Bitcoin Laundering Ring

By Samuel Riding | 09/05/2016

Group suspected of using online bitcoin platform to launder millions of RMB.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Japan to Switch Bitcoin Status from Commodity to Currency

By Samuel Riding | 24/02/2016

Change will allow Bitcoin as a form of payment, exchange for legal tender.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Swift Seeks Regulatory Unity on Cryptocurrencies

By Samuel Riding | 24/11/2015

Payment service network’s research platform suggests regulatory uncertainty is hindering AML and CTF efforts.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Japan to Revamp Oversight of Virtual Currencies

By Samuel Riding | 18/11/2015

FSA invites operators of virtual currency exchanges to share knowledge and come up with ideas for regulation.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Aussie Banks Force Bitcoin Operators Out of Business

By Editors | 25/09/2015

Australia’s major banks are closing accounts of bitcoin companies, citing compliance risks resulting from tougher anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Why Blockchain will Disrupt Banking: 7 Questions Banks in Asia are Asking

By Editors | 15/09/2015

Blockchain technology has not only interested the banks but regulators and market participants.

Crypto / Digital Assets

RBI Calls for Regulation of “Disruptive” Financial Innovation

By Editors | 28/08/2015

RBI Deputy Governor SS Mundra is calling for tighter regulatory frameworks around peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, internet-only banks, crowd funding platforms and cryptocurrency.