Crypto Decrypted: Strengthening crypto fluency to manage evolving risks
Digital assets offer numerous opportunities for both firms and markets. However, to circumvent risk and meet regulatory expectations, firms must build high standards of crypto fluency amongst compliance teams.
Navigating supply chain compliance in life sciences with emerging technologies
The healthcare and life sciences sector is experiencing a fundamental shift in how supply chains are tracked, verified, and documented. Behind this transinformation is a combination of regulatory pressure and technological innovation. Let’s take a look at how life sciences organizations can harness emerging technologies to mitigate risk and drive regulatory adherence.
Navigating MiCA Compliance for Crypto Asset Service Providers
Nearly two years on from Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA’s) full application deadline on December 30, 2024, its impact has been transformative. With 15 crypto-related firms having obtained CASP authorisation, the EU has firmly established itself as the first major jurisdiction with a crypto regulatory framework for digital assets.
Record C$176 million FINTRAC fine for AML failings
Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog fined a firm C$176 million for violating anti-money laundering regulations under the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act.
FCA crypto consultation proposes firms play by conduct and resilience rules
The Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on which minimum rules should apply to cryptoasset firms, particularly regulations governing operational resilience, governance, and the conduct of senior staff.
SEC plants crypto recordkeeping seeds with Spring 2025 agenda
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins has set the regulator on a course toward crypto with its early ‘Spring 2025’ statement, including proposals to bring crypto under the scope of existing recordkeeping regulations.
The FCA is standing on business to tackle market abuse
The FCA is intensifying its crackdown on financial crime, handing out long prison sentences, as part of its broader strategy to restore trust and integrity in the market.
What’s next for crypto from the SEC’s view
As the SEC wraps up its Crypto Task Force roundtable series, covering topics from blockchain to crypto custody to decentralized finance, has the regulator come closer to defining the future framework for crypto asset regulation?
What does the SEC’s new stance on crypto mean for regulation?
With the announcement of a new SEC crypto task force and suspension of legal proceedings against several crypto exchanges, are we witnessing the end of the “regulation by enforcement” era, or will there be more calls for crypto clarity?
What is wash trading and how does it work?
High-profile cases have illuminated the practice of wash trading in recent years, sending a clear message that regulators are cracking down on it. But what is wash trading, and how can firms avoid it?
Nowhere to hide – FCA reviews state of crypto promotions
The FCA has published a review of whether cryptocurrency firms are meeting its latest rules around marketing and promotions - with many falling short of the required compliance standard.