Cryptocurrency

    Reporting on regulatory frameworks, enforcement actions, adoption trends, and risks associated with decentralised digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    NYAG Files Suit Against Founder of Crypto Lender Celsius

    By Manesh Samtani | 08/01/2023

    NYAG says Alex Mashinsky lied about Celsius’s safety, then lost customer funds in risky investments and concealed the firm’s deteriorating financial condition.

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    Cryptocurrency

    UK Adds Cryptoassets to Investment Manager Exemption

    By Editors | 08/01/2023

    Global investors using UK investment managers will not be subject to UK tax if they include cryptoassets within their portfolios.

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    Cryptocurrency

    US SEC Objects to Binance Acquisition of Bankrupt Crypto Lender

    By Editors | 07/01/2023

    The SEC may be concerned about a possible co-mingling of funds between Binance’s US and global entities to fund the acquisition.

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    Tokenisation

    Russia’s Sberbank Issues Gold-Backed Digital Financial Assets

    By Editors | 04/01/2023

    Gold-backed DFAs “may be a great alternative to investments amid de-dollarisation”, said Sber’s first deputy chairman, Alexander Vedyakhin.

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    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    Korean Court Jails Former Crypto Execs for Running Ponzi Scheme

    By Editors | 04/01/2023

    Crypto exchange V Global promised to triple investments in six months, then used funds from new members to make payouts to existing members.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

    HKMA to Scale Up AML Efforts in 2023: Carmen Chu

    By Bradley Maclean | 04/01/2023

    Executive Director Carmen Chu discusses the actions the HKMA is taking to disrupt AML threats to Hong Kong, and technology initiatives that are making a difference.

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    Cryptocurrency

    US Banking Regulators Issue Statement Warning of Crypto Risks

    By Editors | 04/01/2023

    “It is important that risks related to the crypto-asset sector that cannot be mitigated or controlled do not migrate to the banking system,” the statement says.

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    Stablecoins

    Japan Relaxing Rules on Stablecoins, Token Listings

    By Editors | 03/01/2023

    FSA proposes to allow crypto firms to handle transactions using foreign issued stablecoins. The JVCEA has relaxed its token listing rules.

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    Anti-Money Laundering

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