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The Financial Stability Board has released a report highlighting the need for additional regulations in the crypto industry, particularly in the wake of the FTX collapse, to mitigate risks similar to those in traditional finance. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a pivotal global financial watchdog, has recently spotlighted the need for
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) — the global body that monitors the financial services industry — released a report on Nov. 28 claiming the crypto industry might need additional regulations to prevent another catastrophe on the scale of the FTX scandal.According to the report, the FSB said the market turmoil
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Just under 50 national governments have issued a joint pledge to “swiftly transpose” the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), the new international standard on automatic exchange of information between tax authorities, into their domestic law systems. The statement was published on Nov. 10. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published
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According to an Oct. 31 update, PayPal UK Limited secured registration as a cryptoasset business by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This makes PayPal the fifth firm to receive the FCA’s crypto registration this year, alongside names like Interactive Brokers, Bitstamp and Komainu. One of the 14% approved Under PayPal’s listing on the FCA
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On the last day of June, the European Union reached an agreement on how to regulate the crypto-asset industry, giving the green light to Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA), the EU's main legislative proposal to oversee the industry in its 27 member countries. A day earlier, on June 29, lawmakers in
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The Council of the European Union has cut Russians off from certain cryptocurrency services as part of a package of restrictive measures against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal aggression against Ukraine and its people.”In a Friday announcement, the EU council said it would be closing potential loopholes in using digital
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A European subsidiary of United States-based crypto trading platform Uphold has received approval from the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).According to the FCA website, Uphold’s U.K. subsidiary Uphold Europe Limited gained regulatory approval on Feb. 17, 2022, joining the select list of 32 firms that have received FCA approval
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Tokyo’s biggest finserv firm, SBI Group, will now allow general Japanese investors to purchase cryptocurrencies via its newly launched ‘crypto asset fund’. The fund is composed of seven cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), XRP, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Chainlink (LINK) and Polkadot (DOT). The crypto-asset fund, to be traded
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For crypto to be a permissible asset for to back an ETP or other structured product, it must meet five criteria: A high level of institutional support and acceptance; reputable and experienced service providers to support the products; a mature spot market; regulated futures markets for trading derivatives and robust
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is calling for feedback on the prudential regulatory treatment of crypto-assets. Feedback received from insiders in both the crypto and traditional finance sectors will be used to draft guidelines for banks interested in dealing with crypto-assets. Although they are wary of risks associated with the
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