Gibraltar Financial Services Minister Talks ‘Staying Ahead’ on DLT

Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services spoke to Cointelegraph about regulating market manipulation in the blockchain sector. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, a pioneer of blockchain-friendly regulations, will introduce a new regulatory principle for the DLT sector addressing market manipulation risks in the coming months. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Albert Isola, Gibraltar’s […]

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Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?

Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus. Crypto industry leaders and law experts debated the privacy implications of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) during the ‘Money Re-Imagined’ panel as part of Consensus:Distributed on May 11. Lawrence Summers, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary […]

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Token Sales Treated as Securities Offerings by Default in Gibraltar

Gibraltar’s government is treating token sales as securities offerings by default unless the issuer can prove otherwise. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services, Albert Isola, has welcomed firms wishing to launch security tokens to the jurisdiction. The minister revealed that the British Overseas Territory assumes that all token […]

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German Security Token Platform to Develop a Custody Solution

German STO platform Black Manta joins digital asset custody firm Finoa to develop institutional security token custody. German security token offering (STO) platform Black Manta Capital Partners partnered with local digital asset custody firm Finoa to develop institutional security token custody. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on May 4, the cooperation aims to […]

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Noted Tax Haven Cayman Islands Sees New Bills to Bring Local Crypto to FATF’s Heel

In new legislation, the Cayman Islands is looking to clarify rules on crypto exchanges, including registration and sandbox licensing. On April 28, the legislative assembly of the Cayman Islands gazetted five new pieces of legislation governing crypto businesses — especially exchanges.  How the new legislation would change the Cayman Islands’ crypto industry The Virtual Asset […]

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Is Europe’s Experience in E-Signatures and Digital IDs Valuable for Australia?

Digital signatures, electronic identification and electronic signatures: Could Europe’s experience with their regulation help Australia (and not only)? Europe has been running a legislative framework for electronic signatures and digital identities since 1999. In 2014, the European Parliament introduced a significant upgrade by presenting electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal […]

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