Police seized over AUD 150 million in assets including crypto, and charged nine individuals including a NAB banker with money laundering.
February 3, 2023The framework will require crypto exchanges to define token listing standards, strengthen rules for intermediaries and custodians, and introduce a crypto market abuse regime.
February 2, 2023Stablecoins must be fully backed, redemption at par must be available at all times, and issuers must be licenced. Algorithmic stablecoins will not be accepted.
February 1, 2023The Fed Board considers that Custodia's business model and proposed focus on crypto-assets presented "significant safety and soundness risks".
January 31, 2023A CBDC could be supported by the use of privacy-enhancing technologies to anonymise data while still allowing for AML/CFT analysis, the BOJ says.
January 29, 2023The guidance draws from over 300 applications received by the FCA to date, to help crypto firms prepare their applications for registration.
January 26, 2023New paper from the BIS, IMF and World Bank assesses the benefits and challenges associated with using multilateral platforms for cross-border payments.
January 20, 2023Banks must perform CDD on customers transferring virtual assets. Digital ID system iAM Smart can be used for identity verification.
January 19, 2023FATF members reportedly blocked proposals that could have more meaningfully reformed the process for adding countries to the blacklist and greylist.
January 16, 2023The DTI Foundation, a division of Etrading Software, has so far issued ISO-standard DTI codes for over a thousand of the most commonly traded digital assets.
January 12, 2023