crypto assets

crypto assets, crypto insurance, Evertas, institutional crypto

Crypto insurance firm Evertas published research showing that over the next five years 26% believe pension funds, insurers, family offices and sovereign wealth funds will “dramatically” increase their level of…

S&P Global: cryptoasset maturation brings demand for insurance

July 24, 2020

crypto assets, insurance

Global insurance brands and experienced hands are venturing into the cryptoasset business to offer coverage with a mix of established commercial products and technology-backed risk management. For cryptoasset companies, the…

OCC: US chartered banks and savings associations can provide custody services for crypto assets

July 23, 2020

crypto assets, crypto custody, crypto regulation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published a letter clarifying national banks’ and federal savings associations’ authority to provide cryptocurrency custody services for customers. National and state…

Smart contracts and crypto assets get legal standing in UK

November 19, 2019

crypto assets, crypto regulation, smart contracts, UK

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of the Lawtech Delivery Panel has published a legal statement on the status of crypto assets and smart contracts under English and Welsh law. The landmark…

Institutional crypto weekly roundup

November 13, 2019

AFME, Bakkt, blockchain, crypto assets, crypto custody, crypto exchanges, crypto regulation, cryptocurrencies, Cyberian, DLT, FSB, GLI, J.P. Morgan, Japan, LSEG, MAS, MUFG, Progmat, Project Ubin, security tokens, stabecoins, Temasek

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets participants and regulators are engaging with digital assets. MAS, J.P. Morgan, Temasek develop blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments The Monetary Authority…

Institutional crypto weekly roundup

October 23, 2019

ANNA, Bermuda, Circle, Coinbase, Commerzbank, crypto assets, Deutsche Borse, digital assets, DLT, Eurex Clearing, Facebook, FSB, G20, G7, Libra, Munich Re, stablecoins, standardization, standards, tokens, USDC

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets participants and regulators are engaging with digital assets. Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse and Munich Re asset management arm complete securities settlement transaction…

Institutional crypto weekly roundup

October 13, 2019

News and Notes – Fintech, Uncategorized

Bank of France, bitcoin, CBDC, CFTC, crypto assets, crypto regulation, ether, stablecoins

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets participants and regulators are engaging with digital assets. Bank of France’s Beau on the emergence of crypto assets in payments and…

Capital markets blockchain weekly roundup

August 1, 2019

AWS, blockchain, CBDC, crypto assets, crypto regulation, FCA, MAS, Project Ubin, settlement, SGX

Our weekly list of announcements about how capital markets and regulators are engaging with digital assets. Crypto fund Incrementum’s report compares Libra v XRP in global currency competition Corporations like…

FSB reports on work underway to address crypto asset risks

May 31, 2019

crypto assets, FSB, G20

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a report on crypto-assets, which considers work underway, regulatory approaches and potential gaps. The report is being delivered to G20 Finance Ministers and Central…

CoinDesk: J.P. Morgan adds anonymity features to its blockchain

May 31, 2019

blockchain, crypto assets, Ethereum, J.P. Morgan, Quorum

J.P. Morgan’s blockchain team has developed a privacy feature for Ethereum-based blockchains, obscuring not only how much money is being sent but who is sending it. The bank has built…

FCA: over £27 million reported lost to crypto and forex investment scams

May 21, 2019

Action Fraud, crypto assets, FCA, fraud, FX

Over £27million ($34.4mn) lost to scams involving crypto and forex investments in 2018/19 Victims lost on average over £14,600 last financial year Reports tripled to over 1,800 from the year…

Medium: the dark underbelly of cryptocurrency markets

May 15, 2019

crypto assets, crypto exchanges, cryptocurrencies, fraud

In a Medium post, Nic Carter, founder of Coinmetrics.io, investigates the key drivers of the unrelenting cryptocurrency (aka crypto asset) markets, and explains why they aren’t likely to go away…

FSB identifies fintech, crypto assets, cyber resilience in 2019 priorities

February 12, 2019

crypto assets, cybersecurity, fintech, FSB

The Financial Stability Board’s work priorities are designed to promote global financial stability. Vigilant monitoring to identify, assess and address new and emerging risks to financial stability lies at the…

ESMA to review fintech regulations and scrutinize crypto assets in 2019

February 7, 2019

crypto assets, ESMA, fintech, ICOs, regtech, suptech

In its annual work program, the European Securities and Market Authority said it would analyze the regimes of national competent authorities of fintech firms across the EU to identify potential…

Cinnober tech deployed by Singaporean crypto asset exchange

December 13, 2018

Cinnober, crypto assets, Nasdaq, Vaultex

Cinnober announced that Vaultex Exchange will use Cinnober’s trading and clearing systems for its new security token exchange. Based in Singapore, Vaultex is preparing to launch a fully licensed and…

AI hedge funds break losing streak in November, crypto funds still down

December 11, 2018

artificial intelligence, crypto assets, Eurekahedge, hedge funds

Fund managers using AI/machine learning strategies were up 2.1% in November, ending their streak of losses which placed them on track to record their worst year since the inception of…

IOSCO identifies core market risks, including crypto assets and advanced tech – IIAC CEO

November 20, 2018

artificial intelligence, crypto assets, DLT, ETFs, GDPR, IIAC, IOSCO, machine learning

An open letter from Ian Russell, president and CEO of Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) provides a perspective on risks in global capital markets, the priorities for further reform,…

ESMA’s approach to fintech, “wait and see” on DLT and crypto assets

October 12, 2018

crypto assets, DLT, ESMA, fintech

Excerpts from speech by Patrick Armstrong, senior risk analysis officer, Innovation and Products Team, Financial Technology: ESMA’s Approach at Luxembourg Fintech Conference, 10 October 2018 The issue of fintech and the regulatory response…

FSB finds crypto assets not a material risk to global financial stability, for now

October 10, 2018

crypto assets, financial stability, FSB

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report on crypto asset markets. It sets out the analysis behind the FSB’s proactive assessment of the potential implications of crypto-assets for financial…

ICE to launch bitcoin futures in Q4, digital assets platform in works

August 4, 2018

Bakkt, bitcoin futures, crypto assets, digital assets, Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange’s US-based futures exchange and clearinghouses plan to launch a 1-day physically delivered bitcoin contract along with physical warehousing in November 2018. These regulated venues will establish new protocols for…

CryptoSlate: fake volumes and malpractices on “major” crypto exchanges hurting industry

July 25, 2018

crypto assets

Newly emerging crypto exchanges, equipped with billions of dollars in daily trading volume, are thriving based on fake numbers and malpractices, which may have a significantly negative impact on the…

FSB delivers plan to G20 for monitoring crypto asset markets

July 17, 2018

BCBS IOSCO, CPMI, crypto assets, FSB, G20

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report delivered to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on the work of the FSB and standard-setting bodies on crypto assets.…

FSB digs into crypto-assets, cyber resilience and data ahead of G20 summit

June 26, 2018

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, CPMI-IOSCO, crypto assets, cybersecurity, data collection, FSB