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Virtual Assets
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Money Laundering Watch
The Basel AML Index 2021: Virtual Assets and Money Laundering. A Guest Blog.
By Peter D. Hardy, Andrew N. D'Aversa
Global AML Compliance Faces Challenges Relating to Regulator Expertise, the Travel Rule, Decentralized Finance, and “Regulator Shopping” Today we are very pleased to welcome guest blogger Federico Paesano from the…
China Law Insight
香港上市公司从事虚拟资产行业业务需要了解的关键事项
By King & Wood
在本文中，我们将探讨香港特别行政区对香港上市公司和潜在上市申请人的一些关键要求，重点关注以下关键领域： 1. 活动是否属于“日常业务” 2. 披露规则 3. 投资政策及管治 4. 香港首次公开招股 (新上市)
Money Laundering Watch
FATF Continues to Stress AML Risks From Virtual Asset Service Providers
By Brad Gershel
Fourth and Final Post in a Series on the FATF Plenary Outcomes As we have previously blogged (here, here and here), the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) held its fourth…
Financial Services Observer
New Report Shows Majority of ‘Financial Action Task Force’ Countries Have Not Implemented Virtual Asset Guidance
On July 5, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, released its findings from a yearlong review documenting the progress that its…
Overheard on the Block(chain)
New Report Shows Majority of ‘Financial Action Task Force’ Countries Have Not Implemented Virtual Asset Guidance
On July 5, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, released its findings from a yearlong review documenting the progress that its…
Global Fintech & Digital Assets Blog
Hong Kong Confirms New Regulatory Licensing Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges
The Hong Kong government has issued its widely anticipated consultation conclusions on a new framework to regulate virtual asset exchanges. By Simon Hawkins and Kenneth Y.F. Hui On 21 May 2021, the…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Hong Kong: Consultation conclusions on licensing regime for virtual assets services providers
By Etelka Bogardi (HK), Amy Chung
Following a 3-month consultation on the proposal to introduce a licensing regime for virtual assets services providers (VASPs) in Hong Kong under the amended Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance…
China Justice Observer
Chinese Court Confirms Bitcoin as Virtual Commodity
By Publisher
Bitcoin is protected as a virtual asset under Chinese law, but shall not be deemed as currency or financial product, as a Shanghai court decided in Li et. al.…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
FATF Meeting of Private Consultative Forum on Virtual Assets
On 20 April 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) hosted a meeting of its private consultative forum to discuss its ongoing work streams concerning virtual assets. The meeting was…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Public consultation on FATF draft guidance on a risk-based approach to virtual assets and virtual asset service providers
By Lisa Lee Lewis (UK), Clarinda Grundy
On 19 March 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a public consultation on proposed revisions to its 2019 guidance on the risk-based approach to virtual assets (VAs) and…