Global Fintech & Digital Assets

JANUARY 8, 2024

The proposed regulatory framework would create substantive obligations on issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins to safeguard the public. The HKMA followed with its own press release announcing a future sandbox arrangement for stablecoin issuers.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

2023 marked a pivotal year in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s approach to crypto regulation, influenced significantly by the preceding implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange and the collapse of of Terra, the algorithmic stablecoin created by Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Travel Rule. Digital currency exchanges reportedly are not happy with this move, given that the guidance seems sure to lead to more expense on the part of those companies in making sure they comply with the new rules. At issue most of all is Recommendation 16 in the FAFT guidance, a so-called “travel rule.”

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Fintech News

JANUARY 24, 2024

The move aims to protect against financial crime and loss, particularly in digital fraud, and includes broadening DPT service definitions and enhancing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) protocols such as Customer Due Diligence and transaction monitoring.

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