crypto regulation

blockchain, CFTC, crypto regulation, cryptocurrencies, DLT, fintech, Giancarlo

Excerpts from remarks of CFTC chair Christopher Giancarlo at Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB), Rome, Italy, June 3, 2019, “The New Futurism: 21st Century Financial Markets,…

Circle among companies and investors raising funds to counter SEC crypto enforcement

May 31, 2019

Circle, crypto regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission

Defend Crypto is an initiative created to collect donations to take the SEC to court should the agency pursue enforcement action, writes Circle in a recent newsletter. The founders of…

LEX: “Crypto Nation” Switzerland moves forward fast on DLT legislation

April 22, 2019

crypto regulation, DLT, Switzerland

Switzerland is moving forward fast as the government proposes DLT-uncertificated rights with securities nature, wrote authors Alexander Vogel and Reto Luthiger from Switzerland-based international law firm Meyerlustenberger Lachenal. Switzerland’s Federal…

How crypto markets are evolving for quants and market makers (Premium)

April 20, 2019

Blockchain, Technology

crypto derivatives, crypto exchanges, crypto regulation, cryptocurrencies, Eduard Silantyev, market makers, Thalesians

A recently published research paper, Order flow analysis of cryptocurrency markets, caught our attention. The paper’s author, Eduard Silantyev, examined trade and quote data of the XBT/USD perpetual derivatives contract on…

What was said about crypto, blockchain and trust at IMF’s spring meeting

April 16, 2019

Blockchain, Technology

Benoît Cœuré, blockchain, Central Banks, Circle, crypto regulation, cryptoassets, ECB, IMF, J.P. Morgan, Kenya

In the digital currency world, there’s a phrase: “In crypto we trust”. And while IMF chief Christine Lagarde raised an eyebrow at the statement during a panel at the IMF’s…

ICMA: where is my blockchain bond?

April 12, 2019

blockchain, crypto regulation, fintech regulation, ICMA

On its dedicated fintech site, ICMA provides a listing of new fintech applications in bond markets, most of which are based on distributed ledger technology. Over the last two years,…

Reuters: China says it wants to eliminate bitcoin mining

April 9, 2019

bitcoin, China, crypto regulation

China’s state planner wants to ban bitcoin mining, according to a draft list of industrial activities the agency is seeking to stop in a sign of growing government pressure on…

SEC releases framework to determine if digital asset is investment contract

April 8, 2019

crypto regulation, digital assets, Securities and Exchange Commission

In this guidance, US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission provides a framework for analyzing whether a digital asset is an investment contract and whether offers and sales of a…

BT: Africa regulates blockchain and cryptocurrency

April 8, 2019

Africa, blockchain, crypto regulation

African governments are divided in their opinion on the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency. According to reports, Zimbabwe and Zambia started with a hard stance while Mauritius created a regulatory…

FSB publishes cryptoasset regulators directory

April 6, 2019

crypto regulation, cryptoassets, FSB

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a cryptoassets regulators directory. The purpose of the directory is to provide information on the relevant regulators and other authorities in FSB jurisdictions and…

Canada authorities consult on crypto regulation

March 17, 2019

Canada, crypto exchanges, crypto regulation, CSA, IIROC

The emergence of “digital assets” or “cryptoassets” continues to be a growing area of interest for regulators globally. Innovations like distributed ledger technology (DLT) and crypto assets are relatively new…

Basel Committee statement on cryptoassets a warning to banks

March 17, 2019

Basel Commitee, crypto regulation, cryptoassets

Through a newsletter, the Basel Committee set out its prudential expectations related to banks’ exposures to cryptoassets and related services, for those jurisdictions that do not prohibit such exposures and…

Germany’s finance ministry floats crypto regulation

March 11, 2019

crypto regulation, digital securities, Germany

Germany’s Ministry of Finance published a key issues paper together with the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection discussing the introduction of electronic securities and the regulation of public…

BankingTech: Russia wants digital rights bill by July 2019, boosts crypto

March 7, 2019

crypto regulation, digital assets, Russia, smart contracts

Russia is moving towards cryptocurrency legislation as the nation has created a bill on digital rights for the development of the digital economy. The State Duma (Russia’s lower legislative house)…

Mauritius launches world’s first crypto custody regulation, positions as African fintech hub

February 11, 2019

crypto custody, crypto regulation, digital assets, Mauritius

Following the recognition of digital assets as an asset class for investment in September 2018, Mauritius’ financial markets regulator, the Financial Services Commission, issued, in November 2018, a consultation paper…

Malaysia to regulate digital assets by Q1 end

January 16, 2019

crypto regulation, digital assets, ICOs, Malaysia

Following the statement by the Minister of Finance YB Tuan Lim Guan Eng on the coming into force of the Capital Markets and Services (Prescription of Securities) (Digital Currency and…

MC: crypto congressman may be chief of staff, but US falling behind in regs

January 6, 2019

crypto regulation, Modern Consensus