Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

Flagstar Bank to Assume Signature Bank Deposits, FDIC Says

By Editors | 21/03/2023

The New York Community Bancorp subsidiary will assume “substantially all” the deposits of Signature Bank and buy $12.9bn of its loans at a discount.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Gibraltar’s Xapo Bank to “Fully Integrate” with USDC Stablecoin

By Mark Johnston | 20/03/2023

Users can send USDC using USD funds in their Xapo Bank accounts, with no fees incurred. Any USDC received is instantly converted to dollars.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Ripple’s Rahul Advani Discusses Regulatory Landscape for Digital Assets

By Editors | 20/03/2023

Rahul Advani, Policy Director for APAC at Ripple, discusses the regulatory landscape for digital assets and the potential for a globally harmonised framework.

Crypto / Digital Assets

SFC Grants First In-Principle Approval to STO Platform

By Editors | 19/03/2023

The approval was granted to Signum Digital Limited, a joint venture between Coinstreet Holdings and Somerley Capital Holdings.

AML / KYC

Jarek Jakubcek Discusses How Binance Works With Law Enforcement

By Editors | 19/03/2023

Jarek Jakubcek, Head of Law Enforcement Training at Binance, discusses working with law enforcement and how the technology used in investigations has evolved over time.

Fintech / Regtech

India, UAE To Collaborate on Building CBDC Bridge

By Editors | 16/03/2023

The RBI and CBUAE will conduct PoC and pilots on a bilateral bridge to facilitate cross-border CBDC transactions.

AML / KYC

US, German Authorities Coordinate on Takedown of Crypto Mixer

By Editors | 16/03/2023

Authorities dismantled ChipMixer’s infrastructure and seized four servers, about USD 46 million worth of bitcoin, 7 TB of data, two domains, and a Github account.

AML / KYC

FATF Publishes First Comprehensive Report on Ransomware

By Manesh Samtani | 16/03/2023

The report says the payment and subsequent laundering of ransomware proceeds is “almost exclusively conducted through virtual assets”.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto-related Crime in Australia: What Court Records Tell Us, and What Lies Ahead

By Angela Ang | 16/03/2023

Angela Ang considers findings from the first empirical study of crypto-related court cases in Australia, and what this means the crypto crime and enforcement landscape.