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Alexander Vinnik is alleged to have laundered more than $4bn through a crypto exchange he operated known as BTC-e until it was shut down in 2017.

The Swiss government is imposing a ban on buying, importing or transporting gold and gold products from Russia. Sberbank is also banned.

Rules for cryptoasset promotions will be published after new legislation confirms how crypto will be brought into the FCA's remit.

Bitcoin and stablecoins are "unlikely" to be the "holy grail" of cross-border payments. Interlinked domestic payment systems and interoperable CBDCs show the most promise.

The register requires foreign buyers of UK property to disclose their true beneficial ownership and verify their identities with Companies House.

New consultation paper proposes explicit recognition of digital assets under law as a distinct category of personal property, provisionally called 'data objects'.

The listings mark the official launch of the China-Switzerland Stock Connect programme. More than ten other companies have disclosed plans to issue GDRs in Switzerland.

The UK announced 42 new designations. The EU extended its sanctions and added 54 more individual and 10 more entity designations.

The BOE and FCA will delivering a more "intuitive" form design across regulatory returns that will make data submission "simpler, faster, and more valuable".

The FCA approved 35 crypto firms out of 273 that applied for registration with the FCA under AML regulations.