Digital Assets

Capital Adequacy

EU Lawmakers Back Draft Law to Implement Basel III

By Editors | 25/01/2023

The draft law contains an interim treatment for banks to apply a 1250% risk weight to their cryptoasset exposures until 31 December 2024.

Cryptocurrency

FTX Explores Possible Revival of Global Crypto Business

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/01/2023

FTX’s replacement CEO believes reviving the business could recover more value for customers than a liquidation of assets or sale of the platform.

Trading & Investment

Korea to Improve Market Access for Foreign Investors, Allow STOs

By Editors | 25/01/2023

Korea will abolish the complex registration system for foreign investors, require English disclosures from listed companies, and establish a regulatory framework for security tokens.

DeFi & Web3

BIS Paper Offers Technical Model for Assessing DeFi Risks

By Editors | 24/01/2023

The paper highlights the intertwined nature of DeFi protocols, the dependencies they can have on stablecoins, and how such dependencies can present vulnerabilities.

Cryptocurrency

Crypto Lender Genesis Files for Bankruptcy Protection

By Editors | 24/01/2023

Genesis has more than 100,000 creditors who may be owed up to USD 10 billion. The biggest creditor is crypto exchange Gemini.

DeFi & Web3

WEF Publishes Toolkit to Facilitate Development of DAOs

By Editors | 21/01/2023

DAOs have the potential to address the shortcomings of traditional firms while also realising more equitable governance and operations.

Cryptocurrency

US SEC Fines Crypto Firm Nexo for Unregistered Securities Offering

By Manesh Samtani | 20/01/2023

Nexo settled charges from US regulators for $45mn. The company was separately raided by Bulgarian authorities last week.

Stablecoins

NAB to Launch AUD Stablecoin Around Mid Year

By Manesh Samtani | 20/01/2023

NAB plans allow clients to use the stablecoin for repo transactions, cross-border remittances, and carbon credits trading.

Payments & Settlements

Multilateral Platforms Will Benefit Cross-Border Payments

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 20/01/2023

New paper from the BIS, IMF and World Bank assesses the benefits and challenges associated with using multilateral platforms for cross-border payments.