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Cryptocurrency
ISDA to Publish Draft Standards for Crypto Derivatives by Year End
By Manesh Samtani | 15/11/2022
ISDA will also consider developing collateral documentation for OTC crypto derivatives transactions and standard contracts for crypto swaps and physically-settled transactions.
Cryptocurrency
Singapore and Hong Kong Regulators Address FTX Queries
By Editors | 15/11/2022
MAS said FTX is neither licensed nor exempt from licensing in Singapore. Hong Kong’s SFC said licensed fund managers’ exposure to FTX is “immaterial”.
CBDCs
BISIH to Tackle Key CBDC Challenges with Project Tourbillon
By Editors | 14/11/2022
Project Tourbillon aims to reconcile trade-offs between cyber resiliency, scalability, and privacy through experimentation with a prototype CBDC.
Anti-Money Laundering
FTX Bankruptcy, Secret Transfers, and Regulatory Probes
By Manesh Samtani | 14/11/2022
FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware as regulators in multiple jurisdictions investigate allegations of illegal activity.
Emerging Prudential Risks
FSB Letter to G20 Highlights Risks from Debt, Crypto, Climate
By Manesh Samtani | 13/11/2022
The FSB is concerned with record-high debt levels, structural vulnerabilities in crypto, and climate-related financial risks.
Cryptocurrency
KakaoBank to Open Accounts for Coinone Exchange Users
By Editors | 13/11/2022
Coinone will end its partnership with Nonghyup Bank to increase online withdrawal and deposit limits with KakaoBank.
CBDCs
NY Fed, MAS to Test CBDC-based Cross-Border Payments
By Editors | 11/11/2022
“Project Cedar Phase II x Ubin+” will seek to enhance designs for atomic settlement of cross-border cross-currency transactions, leveraging wholesale CBDCs as a settlement asset.
Cryptocurrency
RBNZ Considers Need to Regulate Crypto Assets
By Editors | 11/11/2022
The RBNZ plans to publish an issues paper on the potential need to regulate private cryptoassets early next month.
Cryptocurrency
HashKey Obtains New Approvals in Hong Kong, Singapore
By Editors | 10/11/2022
HashKey has full approval to operate a crypto trading platform in Hong Kong and in-principle approval to offer fund management services in Singapore.
PEPs & Sanctions
OFAC Redesignated Tornado Cash to Link to DPRK WMD Programme
By Editors | 10/11/2022
The August designation did not connect Tornado Cash to North Korea’s nuclear programme.
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