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Singapore MAS proposes digital money standards with major industry players

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a proposal for a common protocol that would specify the conditions for the use of various types of digital currencies. On June 21 MAS published a whitepaper that covers technical specifications outlining the lifecycle of its new Purpose Bound Money (PBM) concept, along

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Binance Under Investigation in France, Accused of ‘Serious’ Money Laundering: Report

Allegations against Binance from French prosecutors "relates on the one hand to acts of illegal exercise" of operating as a digital asset service provider and "acts of aggravated money laundering, by competition with operations of investments, concealment, conversion, the latter being carried out by perpetrators of offenses having generated profits,”

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Money 20/20 looks at the frontiers of crypto policy and evolution of CBDCs

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied At Money20/20 in Amsterdam, a panel titled “CBDC’s: The Next Steps” discussed the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), decentralized finance (defi), and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). These concepts carry significant implications for the global

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Money stored on mobile payment apps may not be FDIC insured, US watchdog warns

Keep your money in an insured account, not on an uninsured payment app, the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned Americans in a report released June 1. The increasing popularity and utility of nonbank peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps, including for crypto asset transactions, makes the risk of loss

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Qatar’s Central Bank Didn’t Properly Enforce Its Crypto Ban, Money Laundering Watchdog FATF Says

“There are major inconsistencies between Qatar’s risk profile and the type and extent of terrorist financing activity prosecuted and convicted,” added FATF, a Paris-based global watchdog, which seeks to monitor and mitigate flows of dirty money, including through a controversial “travel rule” requiring the identification of participants in crypto transactions. Source

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European Union Signs Crypto Licensing, Money Laundering, MiCA and Transfer of Funds Rules Into Law

MiCA will enter into force in a few weeks after being published in the EU’s official journal, which is likely in June. Its provisions – offering crypto exchanges and wallet providers a license to operate across the 27-nation bloc, and requiring stablecoin issuers to hold appropriate reserves – will take

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