Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

ASIC Flags AI, Cyber, and Superannuation Failures as Key 2026 Risks

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/01/2026

ASIC highlights growing threats from technology, poor superannuation fund operations, and increased market risk in its key issues outlook.

Enforcement

Korea: KDIC to Deploy AI to Recover Overseas and Digital Assets

By Mark Johnston | 28/01/2026

South Korea’s deposit insurer outlines 2026 plans to utilise artificial intelligence and third-party litigation funding to recover hidden overseas and digital assets.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UK to Extend Consumer Duty to Overseas Firms in Updated Crypto Rulebook

By Manesh Samtani | 28/01/2026

The FCA has set a high bar for consumer protection and firm conduct, with authorisation mandatory by October 2027 for all providers.

Crypto / Digital Assets

HK SFC, UAE CMA Sign Pact on Cross-Border Digital Asset Supervision

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/01/2026

The agreement establishes a framework for information sharing and supervisory cooperation for digital asset firms operating in both jurisdictions.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Korea Prosecutors Lose KRW 70b in Seized Bitcoin to Phishing

By Mark Johnston | 28/01/2026

Incident highlights custodial risks for digital assets amid recent Supreme Court ruling classifying crypto as seizeable ‘electronic property’.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Japan FSA to Propose Allowing Crypto ETFs on Stock Exchange

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/01/2026

Regulators are considering legal and tax reforms that would allow crypto ETFs, with major financial firms already preparing products.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Hong Kong's Mox Bank Rolls Out Regulated Crypto Trading

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/01/2026

Standard Chartered-backed virtual bank becomes second digital lender to offer BTC and ETH, but within a closed system that prohibits external transfers.

AML / KYC

India’s FIU Cracks Down on Privacy Coins Amid Money Laundering Concerns

By Nithya Subramanian | 27/01/2026

The move marks a tightening of India’s AML oversight of digital assets, as regulators push crypto platforms to curb high-risk products and align operations with the PMLA.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Japan FSA Consults on Crypto Intermediary, Stablecoin Rules

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 27/01/2026

The proposals detail supervisory duties for firms using intermediaries and set criteria for assets backing certain stablecoins under the 2025 law.