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Financial Times: Hong Kong to Explore Legalising Retail Crypto Trades

Originally published by Financial Times   Change in stance contrasts with Chinese mainland and takes on Singapore as regional financial hub Hong Kong is taking steps towards legalising retail trading of crypto assets, in a reversal that contrasts Beijing’s crackdown on such transactions in mainland China. The Chinese territory’s regulators are also exploring the listing …

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FinTech Global: How Has RegTech Changed the Role of the Risk Manager?

Originally Published by FinTech Global   The role of risk manager is not a new position. For as long as challenges around regulation, compliance and other security risks have existed, so has been the role of trying to manage them. In a world where financial crime continues to evolve and become harder to catch, the …

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IFLR: Crypto: Confusion Forces Market to Self-Regulate

Originally published by IFLR   A persistent lack of clarity from US authorities over digital asset regulation has forced some market participants to draw their own conclusions The absence of clear guidelines on cryptoasset regulation in the US has left market participants to their own devices when it comes to knowing which regulator they should …

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Fintech Nexus: How crypto measures up to the ESG agenda

Originally published by Fintech Nexus   It’s debatable which could be considered the buzzword for the financial sector of the 2020s, but “crypto” and “ESGs” are strong contenders. In 2020, media coverage of ESG investment increased by 75%. Although nothing compared to the wild, sexy renegade in the crypto sector, attention has been sparked, with the …

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FT Cryptofinance: Crypto Libertarians Find Out Sanctions Apply to Them Too

Originally published by Financial Times   Plus, Coinbase’s tough year continues and job losses in a growing metaverse industry This week, we got a reminder of what happens when the grand decentralised crypto worldview meets the US sanctions regime. Spoiler alert: the US sanctions regime wins. The US Treasury’s target this week was Tornado Cash, …

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FinTech Global: How the War in Ukraine Has Changed the View on Sanctions

Originally published by FinTech Global   Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war, the attention on sanctions – trade sanctions in-particular – has reached fever pitch. With more knowledge and focus on sanctions than ever before, what does this mean for their future? One of the biggest changes in the view of sanctions for many …

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FinTech Global: Is the Crypto Crash a Failure of Regulation?

Originally published by FinTech Global   The crypto industry has been on a white-knuckle rollercoaster over the last few years. Establishing a market presence back in 2013, the price of Bitcoin rose from just over $10,000 in 2017 to over $61,000 in October 2021. However, the market is now experiencing a bust. Was a failure …

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City A.M.: Lawyers Circle London Metal Exchange After Nickel Market Meltdown

Originally published by City A.M.   Demand for Nickel has boomed over the last decade as car companies scramble to secure supplies to make batteries for their new ranges of electric vehicles. At the start of this year, concerns about supply shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – where Russia delivers nine per cent of the world’s …

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WatersTechnology: Financial Crime Vendors Respond to Ukraine Demand

Originally published by WatersTechnology   Anti-money laundering laws and sanctions have brought complexity to banks’ KYC/AML processes. Some vendors are responding by investing in their systems. Know-your-customer and anti-money laundering (KYC/AML) processes at banks are a source of reputational risk. Corrupt elites don’t make themselves easy to catch, obfuscating their identities and hiding their tracks …

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