Indonesia will charge a capital gains tax and VAT on crypto transactions, as well as interest and fees generated from fintech services, starting on 1 May 2022.
April 11, 2022Starting today, VASPs can be subject to cautions, warnings or corrective orders if violations of travel rule requirements are found.
March 25, 2022About 20,000 investors from the GBA cities participated in the Wealth Management Connect programme by the end of 2021.
March 10, 2022In phase two, BOK will test offline payments, remittances to accounts outside Korea, and the use of its CBDC as payment for NFTs.
January 27, 2022The second phase of the ongoing CBDC trails between the Mainland and Hong Kong will involve connecting e-CNY wallets to Hong Kong’s FPS.
December 22, 2021The government plans to establish a licensing regime for crypto exchanges, a custody regime for digital assets, and explore the feasibility of a CBDC.
December 14, 2021The e-CNY has built-in functionality to enable self-executing payments via smart contracts. The PBOC aims to fully launch the CBDC by the 2022 Winter Olympics.
September 20, 2021Cards held in a third-party wallet such as a bank app can pay in-store only if they are routed through Apple Pay for a cost.
September 18, 2021BitConnect promised investors lucrative returns through the use of a proprietary trading bot, but investor funds were siphoned off by the company's founder and others.
September 6, 2021Ground X, Kakaobank, Kakao Pay, Consensys, Samsung and Onther are among the firms that will participate in the pilot. Phase one will be complete by December.
August 9, 2021