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Thai Public Companies Advised to Disclose Digital Assets Exposure
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to publicly listed companies over proposed investments in invest digital assets, advising them to consider disclosing information related to digital asset investment to the market
Stablecoins Don’t Need to be Issued by Banks: Federal Reserve Board Head
Stablecoins do not need to subject to full banking regulation and while they carry special risks, market participants apart from banks should be able to issue them, the Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller has said.
Hong Kong Takes the Lead in Forging Plans Central Bank Digital Currency
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued an invitation for industry and academic to provide input on a proposed architecture for a retail central bank digital currency
Congress Should Act “Promptly” to Regulate Stablecoins, Presidential Working Group Urges
A key US presidential working group has recommended legislation that would restrict the issuance of stablecoins in the US to insured banks. Stablecoins, which are virtual assets that are intended to reflect a value relative to a national currency or other assets, have seen rapid adoption in recent years and are used as the basis for trading in decentralized finance, or DeFi, and cryptocurrency trading.
Global Standards Body Urges Regulators to Step Up Scrutiny of Virtual Asset Service Providers
Financial regulators and supervisors should review their oversight of virtual assets (VA) and virtual asset service providers (VASP), impressing that they should step up their scrutiny over the risk of money laundering.
G7 Economies Start to Coordinate Plans for Banking System Digital Currencies
Leading global economies including the UK and EU are moving closer to the adoption of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) that would provide new opportunities for financial institutions to use a digital currency.
International Financial Bodies Reject Idea to Create a Separate Regulatory Regime for Risky Cryptoassets
Six leading financial markets associations have rejected the suggestion that bitcoin and other cryptoassets considered to be high risk should be subject to a separate prudential banking regulatory regime.