Digital Assets

Emerging Prudential Risks

BCBS to Issue New Consultations on Climate, Crypto Disclosures

By Editors | 06/10/2023

Consultation on bank disclosures of crypto exposures coming “soon”. Consultation on Pillar 3 disclosures for climate-related financial risks coming in November.

Payments & Settlements

APAC Central Banks Explore Common Protocol for Regulatory Policy

By Manesh Samtani | 05/10/2023

Project Mandala will be run by BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre, along with the RBA, BOK, BNM and MAS, with collaboration from FIs.

CBDCs

BIS to Advise Korea on Design & Implementation of CBDC Pilot

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/10/2023

South Korean regulators will start testing a wholesale CBDC with commercial banks this month, and a retail CBDC in Q4 of next year.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

SFC, HKPF Form Dedicated Working Group on VATPs

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 05/10/2023

The working group will facilitate information sharing and collaboration on monitoring and investigations involving crypto platforms.

Cryptocurrency

BIS Project Yields PoC Data Platform for Analysing Global Crypto Flows

By Manesh Samtani | 04/10/2023

Project Atlas combines on- and off-chain information to create a data platform that allows policymakers and central banks to analyse international flows of cryptoassets.

Cryptocurrency

US Judge Denies SEC Permission to Appeal Ripple Ruling

By Editors | 04/10/2023

The July ruling found that programmatic sales of Ripple’s XRP digital token on public exchanges was not a breach of federal securities laws.

Tokenisation

UPDATE – UBS, SBI Launch Tokenised VCC Fund Pilot in Singapore

By Editors | 04/10/2023

The live pilot of a tokenised money market fund was launched under a wider VCC umbrella as part of Project Guardian.

Tokenisation

Korea: Three Securities Firms Form Digital Securities Consortium – Report

By Editors | 04/10/2023

The three securities firms hope to share costs and gain economies of scale to attract more issuers for STOs.

Cryptocurrency

MAS Grants Major Payments Institution Licence to Ripple

By Editors | 04/10/2023

Ripple received its in-principle approval from MAS just four months ago in June 2023. Singapore is the company’s Asia Pacific headquarters.