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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2024 #4

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Ether ETFs Begin Public Trading, Generate $1.07B in Cumulative Volume - According to reports, on July 23, nine different spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from eight different issuers began public trading on...more

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Crypto Firms Expand Offerings; FATF Publishes Virtual Assets Update; CFTC Continues Crypto Enforcement; Israeli Agency Seizes...

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Crypto Firms Expand Offerings in Stablecoins, Private Key Management - The issuer of the Pax Dollar (USDP) stablecoin recently announced that USDP is now available to all Mexican customers of a major Latin American online...more

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Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act Would Protect Non-Custodial Crypto Services

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The bipartisan bill would provide a federal safe harbor for non-custodial blockchain service providers from state money transmission and digital asset licensing laws. On March 23, 2023, US House of Representatives...more

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What You Need to Know About Virtual Assets Law in the UAE?

Virtual asset is an innovative technology representing value which could be stored, traded, transferred or used as a payment tool in a digital form. Bitcoin, crypto assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all virtual assets. ...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - July 2020 #3

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US Developments - OCC Issues Interpretation that Banks Can Offer Crypto Custody Services - On July 22, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an interpretive letter clarifying that national banks...more

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FATF Report to the G20 on Stablecoins

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Stablecoins have attracted much regulatory attention lately. The G7 working group on stablecoins, the International Organization of Securities Commissions, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the European Commission are...more

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FCA sets out approach to AML crypto supervision

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A Director of Enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)  has set out some of the key challenges the regulator expects in its new role as AML/CTF (anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing) supervisor for...more

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G20 calls on countries to adopt FATF crypto standards

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The G20 has urged countries to adopt the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, which were adopted in June last year. ...more

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UK Implements EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

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U.K. revisions to its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime come into force on 10 January 2020. The U.K.’s revisions implement the European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, commonly...more

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Financial Regulatory Observer – June 2019: Crypto-assets market: Regulators keeping a watchful eye

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The impact of crypto-assets on the global financial system continues to be a subject of debate for regulatory and supervisory authorities....more

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Financial Action Task Force Reports to G20

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The Financial Action Task Force has published a Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on its ongoing work to fight money laundering and terrorist financing. The report summarizes the FATF's work...more

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Financial Regulatory Observer – March 2019: FRO in-depth: The future of cryptoassets regulation

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Partners Julia Smithers Excell and Stuart Willey, and associate Laura Kitchen of global law firm White & Case take a deep dive on the latest publications from EU and UK regulators aimed at providing supervisory clarity on the...more

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