Canada is the latest country to adopt FATF’s crypto guidance, but how will Canadian crypto firms fair under the new regime? As the world’s supervisory agencies start to heed the crypto guidelines of the Financial Action Task Force, a new regulatory landscape is taking shape within the crypto industry. The latest country to annex the […]
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A fraudulent Google Chrome extension has allegedly stolen as much 1.4 million XRP from users this month alone. A fraudulent Google Chrome extension has allegedly stolen as much 1.4 million XRP from users this month alone. In a series of tweets published on March 24, the research team “xrplorer forensics” claimed that fake Ledger Live […]
Continue ReadingInternational Monetary Fund leader, Tao Zhang, discussed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency. In a recent keynote speech to the London School of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang, briefed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Zhang pointed toward greater efficiency and […]
Continue ReadingCanada’s financial regulator has announced that it will soon implement new anti-money laundering laws including stringent reporting requirements for crypto. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Canada (FINTRAC) has announced it will soon implement new anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations. The laws including updated guidelines for virtual currencies. In a […]
Continue ReadingSingapore’s central monetary authority issued a new set of guidelines for digital payment token service providers on March 16. Some countries have been late to the party when it comes to recognizing and regulating digital assets. The first time that Singapore’s central bank issued a framework for the regulation of payment-related activities was on Jan. […]
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U.S. agencies work to handle crypto in sanctions evasion, but may ultimately just cut the country off from an evolving financial world. Running up against limited experience and resources for monitoring potentially illegal use of digital assets, United States authorities delegate sanctions monitoring to cryptocurrency exchanges and industry players. But do current practices do more […]
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Many fintech companies chose London because of its strong financial regulation, but how will Brexit affect the industry in Europe and the U.K.? The first round of negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union to determine their future, post-Brexit relationship took place between March 2 and March 5 in Brussels, Belgium. The outcome […]
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A new report from OXT Research shows the alleged PlusToken scam dumped BTC on regulated exchanges with KYC. A new report on the PlusToken Ponzi scheme shows regulated exchanges are being used to dump coins, despite stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) identify verification rules. Investigative company OXT Research has released a second edition of their […]
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Russia’s relationship with blockchain and cryptocurrency wasn’t clear, but the country is making steps toward digital economic development. The volume of cryptocurrency flows on darknet markets — which are involved in illegal drug and arms trafficking, remittance and transfer of illicit funds — have doubled for the first time in four years, a new report […]
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Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, also known as Bappebti, has given the green light to crypto exchange provider Zipmex. Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, also known as Bappebti, has given the green light to crypto exchange provider Zipmex. The approval is the latest in Zipmex’s series of applications to regulators in the Asia-Pacific […]
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