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Whether it’s trading state-backed virtual currencies or jumping between virtual worlds, common standards for digital economies are still hotly contested in global forums. origin »
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On March 19, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published draft guidance on the risk-based approach to virtual assets. The newly updated guidance now applies anti-money laundering and know-your-customer rules to stablecoins, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible token (NFT) assets.
2021-3-24 17:30 | |
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Crypto firms have made a step towards FATF compliance following the release of a messaging data standard for the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). The initiative has been dubbed ‘IVMS101’ and was pioneered by the Joint Working Group on InterVASP messaging standards (JWG).
2020-5-9 22:30 | |
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Following the latest G20 meetings in Riyadh, the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors have urged countries to implement FATF standards on cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets.
2020-2-24 22:28 | |
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The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature, has approved amendments that introduce legal terms and definitions pertaining to the crypto space. The new legislation, which aims to transpose the FATF standards into national law, also identifies who is to take responsibility for the oversight of cryptocurrencies in the country.
2019-12-9 03:54 | |
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“You have to have systems in place,” said Rick McDonell, Former [FATF] Executive Secretary and Executive Director at Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists [ACAMS] on the latest edition of Binance Podcast with Binance CFO Wei Zhou.
2019-10-24 00:30 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has agreed on how it will assess whether countries have taken the necessary steps to implement the crypto-related requirements. “Given the global nature of the virtual asset industry, it is essential that countries implement these requirements swiftly,” the FATF emphasized.
2019-10-22 17:25 | |
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The lighter your skin, the better AI-powered facial recognition systems work for you. The UK Home Office knows this, because the government‘s been briefed several times on the problem. And a recent report shows that it knew it was developing a passport program built on biased, racist AI.
2019-10-9 21:15 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceThe Virtual Commodity Association (VCA), a non-profit organization of cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians working to establish a self-regulatory organization (SRO) designation for U.
2019-7-12 01:48 | |
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The Virtual Commodity Association, a group of four crypto exchanges, plans to launch six committees aimed at providing standards and regulatory oversight for the crypto industry as the association works to become a self-regulatory organization.
2019-7-12 18:57 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force adopted its new rules on crypto assets and published its updated Guidance on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers Friday. Under these new measures, crypto service providers will be required to implement the same requirements as traditional financial institutions.
2019-6-22 08:57 | |
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Cryptocurrency is an industry that thrives on the way that customers can protect their identities, even if the transactions are on full display. However, the Financial Action Task Force recently released new standards on Friday that come with a highly controversial caveat.
2019-6-22 00:27 | |
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2019-5-7 14:46 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) — an intergovernmental organization founded to develop policies against money laundering and terrorism financing — is even more squarely setting its sights on regulating, supervising, and monitoring providers of services for digital assets.
2019-3-25 07:00 | |
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Japanese regulators have reportedly approved draft amendments to the country's financial instruments and payment services laws, introducing stricter regulations for margin trading of digital assets.
2019-3-21 21:27 | |
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In Nevada, the State Senate introduced a bill in Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, which would bring in multiple uniform standards that would impact the entire virtual currency industry. Ultimately, crypto exchanges would have to register with the Department of Business and Industry, along with a few other changes. However, the representatives of multiple crypto and […]
2019-3-16 18:29 | |
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2019-2-21 20:03 | |
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According to a PDF document released on January 11, 2019, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has fully licensed the Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange after the firm reportedly met all its standards.
2019-1-14 10:00 | |
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New cryptocurrency exchanges have joined the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA). The information was released by the agency on January 4 in an official announcement. This agency was created back in 2018 in order to create better standards for the cryptocurrency industry.
2019-1-6 03:18 | |
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Global leaders walked away from the latest G20 Summit with a rough game plan for crypto regulation. This year’s G20 Summit took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 30 to December 1.
2018-12-4 23:44 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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A November 1st press release from New York State’s Department of Financial Services shows that the dept. granted a virtual currency license to Coinsource. The press release says the move hopes to encourage regulatory risk-based standards.
2018-11-2 04:33 | |
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Coinbase has secured approval from New York state regulators to act “as a limited purpose trust company” in the state, a press release reveals. According to the release, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has officially signed off on an application for the Coinbase Custody Trust Company, a subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc.
2018-10-24 00:55 | |
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Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-8 21:30 | |
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Global professional services firm PwC has partnered with decentralized lending platform Cred to boost trust in the cryptocurrency space and bring in more traders by advancing stablecoin technology.
2018-10-10 21:30 | |
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Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins. As of September 26, 2018, dollar-pegged USDC is now trading on Poloniex, the crypto-to-crypto exchange Circle acquired in February 2018, and on Circle Trade, the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform.
2018-9-27 20:50 | |
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The New York State Attorney General published a new report titled “Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative” recently, in which it noted that several cryptocurrency exchanges are not interested in avoiding market manipulation and have lower standards for customer safety.
2018-9-24 14:19 | |
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The New York Attorney General’s office has pointed a finger at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken for “potential” violation of state regulations. Now, the San Francisco–based exchange is firing back, saying it does not appreciate what it sees as implications of illegality.
2018-9-21 18:10 | |
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to combat anti-money laundering (AML), may be about to agree with a set of standards to apply to virtual currencies.
2018-9-20 22:00 | |
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Four cryptocurrency exchanges, including Gemini – the one founded by the Winklevoss brothers, is purportedly setting up a working group to bring new industry standards. Virtual Commodity Association Working Group (VCAWG) The Winklevoss twins’ cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is teaming up with three other exchanges to form a new self-regulatory organization (SRO) dubbed the Virtual Commodity Association Working Group.
2018-8-20 19:00 | |
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With the creation of Bitcoin and its blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced an entirely new practical application for cryptography, unearthing an unexplored area for computer science and technological development.
2018-6-11 17:04 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.
The Federal Reserve continues to pilot a central bank digital currency, but will not issue one without executive branch and Congressional support, the report said.
India's most controversial crypto tax, the 1% TDS levy deducted at source, should be lowered to 0.01%, according to the findings of a new study.