Police said complaints have been received from 1,641 investors reporting HKD 1.2 billion in losses, making it the single largest fraud case in Hong Kong’s history.
September 20, 2023Rashawn Russell, who operated a fake cryptocurrency investment fund and an identity theft scheme, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
September 20, 2023The change is applicable to funds raised from investment firms that are set up as Investment Limited Partnerships (LPS), a structure common among VC firms.
September 18, 2023Ari Redbord and Angela Ang discuss recent developments which made the summer of 2023 a hot one for stablecoins.
September 18, 2023The HKMA warned about crypto firms labelling themselves as banks. The SFC warned about a crypto firm called JPEX which falsely claims to be licensed.
September 18, 2023MAS reprimanded the bankrupt crypto hedge fund for regulatory violations last June. The regulator has since uncovered additional violations.
September 15, 2023Chengyi Ong, Chainalysis’ head of policy, APAC, talks to Regulation Asia about the perceived policy direction in crypto regulations.
September 15, 2023The bank will hold cryptocurrencies and tokenised assets for its institutional clients, but not offer crypto trading yet.
September 15, 2023Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe and OKX president Hong Fang discuss the need for clear regulatory priorities in the evolving crypto landscape during a panel discussion at the Token2049 Singapore conference.
September 15, 2023Animated web series creator will pay $1mn to settle SEC claims that it conducted an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities. Two commissioners dissented.
September 15, 2023