All posts tagged "Digital Assets"
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448Asia-PacificThailand SEC Sets Out Three Year Strategic Plan for Capital Market
The strategic plan includes greater integration of ESG factors in the market, enhancing SME and startup access to capital, promoting the use of digital and e-KYC technologies, among others.
February 28, 2020 -
1.2KAML / KYCWhat FATF Recommendation 16 Means for the Crypto Industry
Implementing strict KYC processes to comply with the 'travel rule' may be costly, but it is a necessary sacrifice to build a stronger industry in the long-run, says Michael Ou at CoolBitX.
January 22, 2020 -
498FeatureMalaysia Issues New Guidelines on Digital Assets
The guidelines require platform operators to carry out due diligence on prospective issuers of digital tokens, and issuers to satisfy governance and capital requirements.
January 16, 2020 -
466Big PictureLegal Certainty Needed to Advance DLT Adoption in Derivatives
ISDA, Clifford Chance, R3 and the Singapore Academy of Law have published a new whitepaper analysing the legal issues relating to the use of smart derivatives contracts on a distributed ledger.
January 14, 2020 -
512Fintech / RegtechKorea to Establish Legal Basis for Cryptocurrency Investment
A bill passed by the national policy committee will subject digital asset businesses to penalties for not meeting FATF standards in their oversight systems for preventing money laundering.
November 27, 2019 -
1.0KAsia-PacificPhilippine SEC Consults on Draft Rules for Digital Asset Exchanges
The rules specify capital requirements of PHP 100mn, plus 12 months of operating expenses, and allow digital asset exchanges in the Philippines to be set up by foreign-registered entities.
July 19, 2019 -
698Asia-Pacific
Thailand to Mandate Extra Reporting Rule for Digital Asset Trades
Digital asset exchanges will have to report all trades exceeding 5 million baht to commercial banks, which will then report the transactions to the Thailand's Anti-Money Laundering Office.
July 19, 2019 -
1.1KFintech / Regtech
Malaysia to Finalise Regulatory Framework for ICOs by Year-End
A framework for ICOs, originally expected by the end of Q1, is now under review by relevant stakeholders, according to deputy finance minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah.
July 6, 2019 -
1.1KAsia-PacificACMF Advances Efforts on Sustainable Finance, Regional Connectivity
The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum has endorsed a roadmap for promoting sustainable investment and launched a framework for cross-border publication of research.
March 21, 2019 -
897Asia-PacificStock Exchange of Thailand to Launch Digital Asset Platform by 2020
The SET says it will build a comprehensive digital asset ecosystem around the new platform as part of its digitalisation strategy, as the country approves its first 'ICO portal'.
March 15, 2019
