Digital Assets

Cryptocurrency

US May Soon Unveil Regulatory Approach for Crypto – Report

By Manesh Samtani | 24/01/2022

A government-wide strategy for digital assets may be released in a White House executive order as early as next month.

Credit Risk

IMF Commends Hong Kong Efforts to Safeguard Stability

By Manesh Samtani | 23/01/2022

Hong Kong banks’ exposures to the mainland property market warrant continued close monitoring and periodic stress testing.

Cryptocurrency

Laos Central Bank Authorises Crypto Exchange Platforms

By Editors | 23/01/2022

Cryptocurrency exchange platforms Lao Digital Assets Exchange and Bitqik are expected to start providing services in April.

DeFi & Web3

OECD Examines Policy Implications of DeFi in New Report

By Mark Johnston | 22/01/2022

An increased use of stablecoins constitutes “one of the greatest points of vulnerability of the DeFi market” and a potential channel of risk transmission to the traditional financial markets.

Cryptocurrency

ASIC Warns Against Investing Super in Crypto Assets

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 18/01/2022

ASIC says individuals who set up self-managed super funds may be increasingly targeted by scammers to invest in crypto-assets.

Cryptocurrency

Crypto Firms Should Not Advertise to Retail Customers: MAS

By Mark Johnston | 18/01/2022

New guidelines say crypto firms should refrain from advertising their services in public areas in Singapore or via social media influencers.

Tokenisation

MAS Grants RMO Licence to Digital Asset Platform ECXX

By Editors | 17/01/2022

ECXX Global Pte Ltd entered Sandbox Express in August 2020 as a digital asset exchange platform providing investors access to security tokens.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Crime Becoming Smaller Part of Crypto Ecosystem: Report

By Manesh Samtani | 17/01/2022

Chainalysis estimates that illicit wallet addresses received $14bn throughout 2021, but this represented just 0.15% of total transaction volumes in crypto during the year.

Cryptocurrency

China State Planner Declares Cryptocurrency Mining Obsolete

By Mark Johnston | 14/01/2022

The NDRC said that measures to stamp out cryptocurrency mining are part of efforts to help achieve peak carbon and carbon neutrality targets on schedule.