All posts tagged "Bitcoin"
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1.2KFintech / RegtechDBS to Launch Digital Exchange, Subject to Regulatory Approvals
The exchange will offer trading services from fiat currencies to four of the top digital currencies in circulation, as well as capital raising through STOs.
October 28, 2020 -
1.5KAML / KYCBitMEX Founders Charged for Evading AML Requirements
Four individuals were charged for "willfully" failing to establish, implement, and maintain an adequate AML programme that included a KYC component.
October 3, 2020 -
1.3KFintech / RegtechSGX to Launch Crypto Indices as Part of iEdge Index Suite
The first batch of new crypto indices will track Bitcoin and Ethereum, and are expected to drive exposures to digital assets in Asia.
September 2, 2020 -
1.4KCapital RegulationKorean Regulators Approves K Bank Recapitalisation Plan
K Bank’s recapitalisation plan was halted last April, forcing Korea’s first internet-only bank to stop offering loan products. It is now looking to regain ground lost to Kakao Bank.
July 23, 2020 -
774AML / KYCNZ Police Seize $90m Allegedly Laundered with Bitcoin
The seized bank funds, said to be connected to suspected Russian money launderer Alexander Vinnik, represent the largest ever asset restraint in New Zealand police history.
June 25, 2020 -
1.4KBig PictureVideo: Libra Missteps, CBDC Opportunities, Digital Yuan: Douglas Arner
Douglas Arner explains how Bitcoin, Libra, China's digital currency project, and Covid-19 have each played a role in catalysing what will be a fundamental reorientation of monetary and payment systems.
June 19, 2020 -
527EnforcementMalaysian Police Arrest 14 Chinese Nationals in Crypto Scam
The group was found to be impersonating successful investors and using WeChat and QQ group chats to lure mainland victims into investing.
April 21, 2020 -
1.4KAML / KYCOFAC Sanctions Two Chinese Nationals Over Stolen Cryptocurrency
OFAC has linked two Chinese nationals to the 2018 theft of $250mn in cryptocurrency by the Lazarus Group, a US-designated North Korean cybercrime group.
March 4, 2020 -
683InternationalCross-border Payments Front and Center in BIS Quarterly Review
The BIS is exploring how to solve key shortcomings related to access and cross-border payments, including to address the global decline in correspondent banking.
March 3, 2020 -
1.3KCapital Regulation
BCBS Addresses Capital Requirements for “Crypto-Assets”
The BCBS consultation will likely give an indication of the banking industry's mindset towards holding cryptoassets in the future, says Douglas Cheung at Wolters Kluwer.
December 23, 2019
