Digital Assets

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    FSB Reports Progress on NBFI Risks, Cross-border Payments

    By Editors | 12/10/2021

    A letter to the G20 ministers from the FSB focuses on work to develop a more resilient NBFI sector and address challenges in cross-border payments.

    CBDCs

    Laos Central Bank to Explore CBDC Issuance

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 11/10/2021

    To help explore the feasibility of a CBDC, the Bank of the Lao PDR has enlisted Japanese fintech Soramitsu, which also help developed Bakong in Cambodia.

    Cryptocurrency

    S. Korea to Start Taxing Cryptocurrency Gains Next Year

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/10/2021

    Any further delay will lead to “the loss of public trust in government policy and undermine stability in the legal system”, said finance minister Hong Nam-ki.

    DeFi & Web3

    Malaysia SC Orders Decentralised Exchanges to Halt Operations

    By Mark Johnston | 10/10/2021

    Entities interested in operating a decentralised exchange in Malaysia should apply to be registered as an RMO, the SC said.

    Stablecoins

    FSB Takes Stock of Progress to Regulate ‘Global Stablecoins’

    By Mark Johnston | 08/10/2021

    The FSB highlights concerns that new regulatory regimes for global stablecoins could give rise to regulatory arbitrage and harmful market fragmentation.

    Custody & Infrastructure

    Etrading Software Opens Registration for Digital Token Identifiers

    By Mark Johnston | 08/10/2021

    The new DTI Registry went live in July. Identifiers have already been issued for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    US DOJ Creates National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

    By Editors | 07/10/2021

    The NCET will cooperate with international law enforcement agencies as well as private sector actors to target the criminal misuse of cryptocurrency.

    Stablecoins

    PFMI Applies to Global Stablecoins, CPMI & IOSCO Confirm

    By Editors | 07/10/2021

    The transfer function of a stablecoin arrangement is “comparable” to the transfer function performed by other types of financial market infrastructures.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    First Taiwan Crypto Exchange Reports on AML Compliance

    By Mark Johnston | 07/10/2021

    Eight crypto exchanges were asked to submit AML compliance statements to the regulator by the end of November.

    Cryptocurrency

    ISDA to Develop Standard Documentation for Crypto Derivatives

    By Mark Johnston | 06/10/2021

    ISDA CEO Scott O’Malia says a new working group has been formed to develop standard documentation for crypto derivatives.

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