Digital Assets

    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.

    DeFi & Web3

    MAS to Study Use Cases of Asset Tokenisation, DeFi Protocols

    By Editors | 31/05/2022

    The first pilot, led by DBS, JP Morgan and Marketnode, will explore potential DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets and help inform regulatory policy.

    DeFi & Web3

    MAS FinTech Hackcelerator to Focus on Web3, Green Finance

    By Editors | 30/05/2022

    Fintech firms and solution providers from around the world are invited to address over 50 problem statements related to Web 3.0 and green finance.

    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.

    Stablecoins

    World Bank Paper Explores Barriers to Stablecoin, CBDC Adoption

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 28/05/2022

    Stablecoins and CBDCs may not offer advantages over innovations that are built on top of or aim to improve existing financial plumbing.

    CBDCs

    US Banks Lobby Against Possible Issuance of CBDC

    By Editors | 26/05/2022

    The American Bankers Association says a CBDC would risk moving 71% of bank deposits to the Fed and undermine the financial system.

    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.

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