Vietnam's prime minister has asked government ministries and the central bank to develop a legal and regulatory framework for virtual assets and electronic money.
March 31, 2022Fundraising that exceeds CNY 50 million, or losses involving at CNY 25 million or 5,000 people, could result in more than 10 years in prison.
March 2, 2022The National Police Agency and financial institutions will jointly establish a new platform that will allow real-time information exchange for use in combatting fraud.
March 1, 2022The FBI has meanwhile created a new "Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit", which will provide analysis, support, training and new tools to stay ahead of future crypto-related threats.
February 21, 2022The jury is still out on how the NFT arena will be regulated, but marketplaces should still be applying a baseline standard of compliance practice, says Javier Tamashiro.
January 28, 2022The requirements cover the accuracy of information disclosed and cooperative arrangements between FIs and internet platform companies.
January 7, 2022The US Treasury Department, OFAC, State Department, DOJ, and FinCEN have taken coordinated action to counter the ransomware threat.
November 10, 2021OFAC expects virtual currency operators to identify and block IP addresses that originate in sanctioned jurisdictions, including via VPNs.
October 18, 2021China's latest 'negative list' removes six industries, while introducing new restrictions for the media, finance and cryptocurrency sectors.
October 14, 2021The NCET will cooperate with international law enforcement agencies as well as private sector actors to target the criminal misuse of cryptocurrency.
October 8, 2021