CRYPTO / DIGITAL ASSETS

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Major FMIs Offer Blueprint for Digital Asset Ecosystem

    By Editors | 30/05/2024

    DTCC, Clearstream And Euroclear seek to promote the adoption and acceptance of tokenisation and digital asset securities.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Authorities Take Down “World’s Largest” Malicious Botnet

    By Editors | 30/05/2024

    US authorities, with international partners, arrested the botnet’s administrator and seized infrastructure and assets.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US Treasury Publishes Illicit Finance Risk Assessment on NFTs

    By Editors | 30/05/2024

    NFTs are “highly susceptible” to use in fraud and scams, but “rarely” used for proliferation financing or terrorist financing.

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    Enforcement

    Former FTX Executive Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison

    By Editors | 29/05/2024

    Former FTX executive Ryan Salame was also ordered to pay more than $6mn in forfeiture and more than $5mn in restitution.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    SFC Warns of Impending Deadline Under VATP Regime

    By Editors | 29/05/2024

    The SFC will conduct on-site inspections in the coming months to ascertain compliance by the ‘deemed-to-be-licensed’ VATP applicants.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Nomura Announces New Project to Launch Stablecoins

    By Mark Johnston | 28/05/2024

    Nomura Holdings has announced a partnership with GMO Internet Group and Laser Digital Holdings to launch JPY and USD stablecoins.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US House Passes Legislation to Block Fed-Issued CBDC

    By Mark Johnston | 28/05/2024

    The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act aims to halt the Federal Reserve’s efforts towards developing a digital dollar.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Australian Digital Assets Reform: An Acquired Taste or Unique Approach?

    By Rahul Advani | 28/05/2024

    Some questions remain with Canberra’s uniquely Australian approach to digital asset reform, says Rahul Advani.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US SEC Approves Rule Change for Spot Ether ETFs

    By Editors | 27/05/2024

    The rule change coincides with a deadline for the SEC to decide whether the VanEck Ethereum ETF could proceed.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Hong Kong Considers Allowing Staking for Ether ETFs

    By Mark Johnston | 27/05/2024

    If staking is allowed, ETF investors could earn passive income by locking tokens on the Ethereum network to help validate transactions.

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