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In a consultation paper released on Nov. 24, the European Banking Authority (EBA), an EU agency tasked with implementing a standard set of rules to regulate banking across all EU countries, highlights that existing regulations governing Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) standards compliance for crypto providers are inadequate. The
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Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has initiated a consultation process to develop guidelines for how banks should report their exposure to crypto. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) in Canada is stepping up to address the growing role of cryptocurrencies in the financial world. The
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The test will explore bilateral digital asset trades, foreign currency payments, multicurrency clearing and settlement, fund management and automated portfolio rebalancing. Source
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“Being able to wrap tokens is a valuable and necessary cross-chain interoperability tool,” said Michael Bacina, Digital Assets lawyer at Piper Alderman Lawyers. “To have a purely technological function triggering a tax event and tax payable is not something users would expect when using crypto-assets.” Source
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In a press release dated Oct 31., WadzPay, a technology provider that facilitates virtual asset-based payments has shared the news that they have initial approval from Duba’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the competent entity in charge of regulating, supervising, and overseeing VAs and VA Activities. This approval brings WadzPay one
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The initial phase of Hong Kong’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot has concluded, showcasing potential advancements in digital finance, though leaving uncertainties regarding its full implementation and technological direction. Hong Kong has finished the first part of its trial for a CBDC. At this point, it is still not clear
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The Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority when it classified Coinbase-listed cryptocurrencies as securities, the exchange has argued in its final bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the securities regulator.In an Oct. 24 filing in a New York District Court, Coinbase chastised the SEC claiming its definition for what
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Oct. 20 jointly released a consultation paper featuring two drafts. These drafts encompass the assessment of the suitability of management body members and shareholders or members holding qualifying stakes in issuers of asset-referenced tokens (ARTs) and
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FCA, the U.K.'s financial regulator, published a discussion paper in February this year on updating and improving a regime for asset management in the country. The paper touched on "how fund managers might adopt distributed ledger technology to offer fully digitised funds to the public," Alder said. Source
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A group of crypto investors and developers lost a lawsuit funded by Coinbase which sought to argue that the U.S. Treasury Department overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash, a mixing service. Source
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