Crypto / Digital Assets

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    AML / KYC

    All Crypto ATMs Operating in the UK Are Illegal: FCA

    By Editors | 18/02/2023

    No crypto ATM operators currently have FCA registration, but the locations of several such machines have been established by authorities.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Crypto Crime Rose to Over $20b in 2022: Chainalysis

    By Editors | 17/02/2023

    Overall, Chainalysis says illicit activity in cryptocurrency remains a small share of total volume at less than 1 percent.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    CFTC Charges California Firm for ‘Ponzi-like’ Crypto Fraud

    By Editors | 17/02/2023

    Vista Network Technologies and its CEO advertised to customers that it would trade their digital assets using “robot traders” which did not exist.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US SEC Files Securities Fraud Charges Over Terra Collapse

    By Editors | 17/02/2023

    The Terraform ecosystem was ‘simply a fraud propped up by a so-called algorithmic stablecoin’, says Gurbir Grewal.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Hong Kong Issues First-of-its-kind Tokenised Green Bond

    By Editors | 17/02/2023

    Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the issuance demonstrates Hong Kong’s strengths in combining bond market, green and sustainable finance, and fintech.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Siemens Issues First Blockchain-based Digital Bond

    By Editors | 17/02/2023

    Siemens said it sold the bond directly to investors without engaging CSDs, and the transaction was completed within two days.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    FSB Assesses DeFi Vulnerabilities and How to Address Them

    By Manesh Samtani | 17/02/2023

    The FSB will consider changes to its proposed crypto regulatory framework to account for DeFi-specific risks, and policy responses to address TradFI-DeFi interactions.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    DSB Seeks Additional Expertise in OTC Derivatives, Digital Assets

    By Editors | 17/02/2023

    The DSB Product Committee is seeking increased representation from Asia and additional expertise in digital assets-related OTC derivatives.

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    AML / KYC

    Sanctioned Crypto Mixer Relaunched Under New Name

    By Editors | 16/02/2023

    Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found a trail of transactions linking sanctioned crypto mixer Blender to a new mixing service that was launched in October.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    CME to Launch Event Contracts on Bitcoin Futures

    By Editors | 16/02/2023

    The new event contracts will provide a highly transparent and less complex way for investors to access crypto markets, said Tim McCourt.

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