Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

Thai SEC Directs Crypto Firms to Report Suspicious Transactions

By Editors | 05/11/2024

The SEC directive is a response to a case involving the alleged use of the USDT stablecoin to launder money.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UBS Launches First Tokenised Money Market Fund

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/11/2024

The so-called uMINT fund UBS Asset Management’s first ever money market investment fund built on Ethereum distributed ledger technology.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Citi and Fidelity International Announce PoC of On-chain MMF

By Editors | 04/11/2024

The solution, a tokenised MMF with an embedded digital FX swap, can “enable faster, seamless management of treasury positions, eliminate delays and improve efficiency”.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Canton Network Wins Digital Assets Industry Collaboration of the Year

By Editors | 04/11/2024

The Canton Network was awarded the Digital Assets Industry Collaboration of the Year award at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

Press Release

ANNA Receives High Commendation for Industry Collaboration on Digital Assets

By Editors | 04/11/2024

ANNA was Highly Commended for its Industry Collaboration on Digital Assets at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

Press Release

Meta Alpha Receives High Commendation at 2024 Regulation Asia Awards

By Editors | 04/11/2024

Meta Alpha was Highly Commended in the Boutique Digital Assets Advisory Firm of the Year category at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

Crypto / Digital Assets

MAS Unveils New Initiatives to Promote Tokenisation in Financial Services

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/11/2024

The initiatives include establishing a multi-member network to help FIs commercialise their tokenisation trials and providing access to a SGD wCBDC for market testing purposes.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Taiwan to Implement New VASP Registration System on 30 November

By Editors | 03/11/2024

The FSC is also drafting a new special law for virtual assets, covering areas such as licensing, consumer protection, capital requirements, and trading behaviour.

Sanctions

BIS Announces Decision to Exit mBridge CBDC Project

By Editors | 03/11/2024

Agustín Carstens said BIS is not leaving mBridge because of political considerations but instead because it is “at a level where the partners can carry it on by themselves.”