Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency

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.

Tokenisation

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.

Anti-Money Laundering

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.

Anti-Money Laundering

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.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

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”.

Anti-Money Laundering

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.

Cryptocurrency

Traders See Crypto Derivatives Market as Resilient: Acuiti

By Mark Johnston | 15/03/2023

New Acuiti report finds that 64 percent of surveyed crypto derivatives traders have concerns over proof-of-reserves quality.

Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Partners With StanChart to Enable SGD Fund Transfers

By Editors | 15/03/2023

Customers in Singapore can transfer funds to and from their Coinbase account using any local bank in Singapore for free.

Cryptocurrency

Barney Frank Says Signature Bank Was Targeted to Deliver Anti-Crypto Message

By Manesh Samtani | 15/03/2023

Barney Frank, who was on the board of Signature Bank, says the regulatory takeover was intended to send a message to US banks to stay away from crypto.