OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
KPMG Launches Advanced Analytics for Institutional Crypto Market
KPMG has launched patent-pending suite of advanced analytics capabilities, built on leading crypto asset data and technology products to streamline the ability for financial services companies and fintechs to offer crypto asset services on an…
UK FCA Becomes AML Supervisor for Crypto Asset…
UK Financial Conduct Authority has announced it is now the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) supervisor for businesses carrying out certain crypto asset activities under the amended Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of…
IIROC Announces Crypto-Asset Working Group Members
October 31, 2019 (Toronto, Ontario) – Pan-Canadian self-regulator takes steps to deepen its understanding of crypto assets. The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today announced the members of its new Crypto-Asset Working Group.…
Yves Mersch: Back to stable
The primary objective of the European Central Bank is to ensure price stability. This is also the best contribution we can make to achieving sustainable growth.1 Since the launch of the euro, the ECB has…
Canadian Securities Regulators Consult on Regulatory Framework for…
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today published Joint Canadian Securities Administrators/Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada Consultation Paper 21- 402 Proposed Framework for Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms. The…
Swiss-based Gazprombank to Implement Crypto Solution by Metamaco…
[caption id="attachment_322789" align="alignleft" width="175"] Thomas Beck, Group CTO at Avaloq[/caption] Avaloq has announced that the Switzerland subsidiary of Russian state-owned bank Gazprombank have entered into an innovation partnership with Avaloq crypto-asset custody infrastructure specialist METACO…
Russian VC Firm Invests $3m In Xena Cryptocurrency…
The $3 million raised by the cryptocurrency exchange headed by former executives at J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and UBS, will fund the team's expansion, product development, and marketing efforts. Professional-level crypto-asset trading platform Xena Exchange has…
ASIC Acts Against Misleading Initial Coin Offerings and…
ASIC has taken action to stop several proposed initial coin offerings or token-generation events (together, ICOs), targeting retail investors. As well, ASIC recently stopped the issue of a Product Disclosure Statement for a crypto-asset managed investment…