Cryptocurrency

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

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    BCBS Progresses Work on Climate Risk, Crypto Assets

    By Editors | 01/06/2022

    The BCBS will soon publish its final set of principles on managing climate-related financial risks, and a second consultation on the treatment of banks’ crypto-asset exposures.

    Cryptocurrency

    Crypto Ads to be Screened in the Philippines from 7 July

    By Editors | 29/05/2022

    Firms advertising crypto services to Philippine users will have to provide proof they have registered with the SEC as companies and with BSP as remittance and transfer providers.

    Cryptocurrency

    Thailand Formalises VAT Exemption for Crypto Transactions

    By Editors | 29/05/2022

    Thailand’s Cabinet approved the measure in March. The decree formalises the VAT exemption retroactively from 1 April 2022, keeping it in place until 31 December 2023.

    Cryptocurrency

    ECB Calls for Urgent EU Approval of MiCA Regulation

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/05/2022

    Crypto-asset markets currently show all the signs of an emerging financial stability risk, the ECB says in a report.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    New Zealand Probes Fake Crypto Firm Over Missing Funds

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 26/05/2022

    A company called Quwiex Limited disappeared with investor funds after saying its website was deactivated for an upgrade.

    Stablecoins

    Terra Collapse Sparks Regulatory Change, Lawsuits in Korea

    By Mark Johnston | 26/05/2022

    The FSC says thirteen relevant bills on digital asset investor protection are currently pending at the National Assembly.

    Cryptocurrency

    GBBC, GDF Merge to Create 500 Member Association

    By Editors | 25/05/2022

    The combined influence of GBBC and GDF is expected to help facilitate global collaboration on a robust global framework for crypto assets.

    Cryptocurrency

    CME to Launch Crypto Reference Rates, Indices in Euro

    By Editors | 24/05/2022

    New non-tradable EUR-denominated reference rates and real-time indices for Bitcoin and Ether will be published starting 6 June.

    Capital Adequacy

    ISDA Analysis Shows Effectiveness of Crypto Hedging

    By Editors | 24/05/2022

    The analysis suggests that a less punitive capital framework should be considered for banks’ exposures to Bitcoin and Ethereum.

    Cryptocurrency

    Singapore Court Issues Injunction Preventing Sale of NFT

    By Editors | 23/05/2022

    The injunction is said to be the world’s first court-ordered freeze on the potential sale and ownership transfer of an NFT.

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