Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

Hong Kong’s OSL Group Expanding to Japan via Acquisition

By Thisanka Siripala | 06/11/2024

OSL Group is acquiring an 81 percent stake in Japanese crypto exchange CoinBest, enabling it to enter the Japanese market.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Seven Korean Banks to Start Testing Usage of Deposit Tokens

By Editors | 06/11/2024

The banks will establish wallets for users within the CBDC system and use them to issue deposit tokens, which the users can use to purchase goods and services.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Korea to Prosecute Unfair Trading Case Involving Virtual Assets

By Editors | 05/11/2024

This is the first case of unfair trading referred for prosecution since the Virtual Asset User Protection Act came into force in July.

AML / KYC

Crystal Intelligence Highly Commended for Blockchain Analytics & Investigations Solution

By Editors | 05/11/2024

Crystal Intelligence Highly Commended in the Blockchain Analytics & Investigations Solution at the 2024 Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence

Press Release

Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024 – Results Announcement

By Editors | 05/11/2024

Regulation Asia held its 7th annual Awards ceremony on 4 November 2024. Here we announce the winners in each category.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Paxos Launches New US Dollar Stablecoin via Singapore Unit

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/11/2024

Paxos said the stablecoin, known as USDG, is designed to comply with Singapore’s upcoming stablecoin framework.

Crypto / Digital Assets

SBI Digital Markets to Push Adoption of Tokenised Securities

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/11/2024

SBI Digital Markets will focus its efforts on building regulated frameworks to facilitate the end-to-end flow of tokenised securities.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Thai SEC Directs Crypto Firms to Report Suspicious Transactions

By Editors | 05/11/2024

The SEC directive is a response to a case involving the alleged use of the USDT stablecoin to launder money.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UBS Launches First Tokenised Money Market Fund

By Nithya Subramanian | 05/11/2024

The so-called uMINT fund UBS Asset Management’s first ever money market investment fund built on Ethereum distributed ledger technology.