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Market Abuse
Thai SEC Takes Legal Action Against Wash Trading in Crypto
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/09/2022
The prosecution is required because the defendants, including two entities and three individuals, did not agree to the penalties prescribed by the SEC.
CBDCs
China to Strengthen ‘Controllable Anonymity’ Feature of e-CNY
By Darien Choong | 30/09/2022
Twenty defendants have been arrested on suspicion of illegal business activity and money laundering using the e-CNY.
CBDCs
BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre Launches Retail CBDC Project
By Editors | 30/09/2022
The central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden will develop a “hub” to which they will connect their domestic proof-of-concept CBDC systems.
PEPs & Sanctions
G7 Nations Imposing New Russia Sanctions Over “Sham” Referendums
By Manesh Samtani | 30/09/2022
The EU package includes an oil price cap and a complete ban on providing crypto services to Russians. UK targets include Gazprombank, Sberbank and Sovcombank board members.
Anti-Money Laundering
Japan to Adopt Travel Rule in Crypto in May 2023 – Report
By Editors | 29/09/2022
The FSA plans to submit amendments to the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds to a parliamentary session next week.
CBDCs
BIS Announces Successful Completion of mBridge CBDC Pilot
By Editors | 29/09/2022
The month-long testing phase facilitated more than 160 transfers and FX exchanges worth USD 22 million on the mBridge Ledger.
Cryptocurrency
FTX Wins Auction to Buy Assets of Bankrupt Voyager Digital
By Editors | 29/09/2022
FTX won a “highly competitive auction process” that lasted two weeks with the “highest and best bid for its assets”, valued at just over USD 1.4 billion.
DeFi & Web3
CFTC Penalises Crypto Firm, Pursues First Case Against DAO
By Editors | 29/09/2022
Crypto firm bZeroX transferred its software protocol to a DAO and then marketed this as a way to be “enforcement-proof”.
Cryptocurrency
DBS Rolls Out Crypto Services to 100,000 More Investors
By Editors | 28/09/2022
Accredited wealth clients are able to trade four cryptocurrencies on DDEx – Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and XRP.
Anti-Money Laundering
Korea FSS Finds More Suspicious Crypto-Linked FX Transactions
By Editors | 28/09/2022
FSS investigations have so far involved 82 corporates and 12 banks. The total value of abnormal FX transactions discovered is now $7.2bn.
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