Crypto / Digital Assets

Crypto / Digital Assets

BOK to Expand CBDC Pilot to Include P2P Transfers

By Mark Johnston | 24/04/2025

BOK is set to widen its digital currency trial by adding person-to-person transfers and a digital welfare voucher system.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Australia: Block Earner Wins ASIC Case Over Crypto Product Licensing

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 23/04/2025

The Full Court overturned the Federal Court’s previous decision that Block Earner’s crypto product was a financial product requiring licencing.

AML / KYC

Southeast Asian Crime Syndicates Are Now Operating Globally – UNODC

By Manesh Samtani | 23/04/2025

UNODC says East and Southeast Asian organised crime groups are spreading “like a cancer”, driven by new technologies and mounting law enforcement pressure.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Thailand SEC Revises Advertising Rules for Crypto, Digital Tokens

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 22/04/2025

The revised advertising rules improve the size and format of warning text, which should cover both cryptocurrency and digital token products.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Taiwan FSC and Police Academy Partner to Prevent Crypto-related Crime

By Nithya Subramanian | 22/04/2025

The cooperation will involve using advanced tech to strengthen oversight of virtual asset activities and prevent fraud and financial crime.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Vietnam to Launch Pilot Crypto Trading Platform with Bybit

By Mark Johnston | 22/04/2025

Vietnam’s finance ministry is partnering with Bybit to test a regulated crypto trading platform in a controlled sandbox environment.

Crypto / Digital Assets

China Mulls Reforms to Facilitate Disposal of Confiscated Crypto Assets

By Mark Johnston | 21/04/2025

“Near consensus” is reportedly emerging on the need to allow judicial recognition of cryptocurrencies as assets and a uniform procedure for their disposal.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Korean Regulators Refer Crypto Manipulators for Prosecution

By Nithya Subramanian | 21/04/2025

The suspects referred for prosecution allegedly manipulated crypto prices using strategies that exploited timing resets and liquidity gaps across exchanges.

AML / KYC

Singapore Sharpens Enforcement Focus on Money Laundering, Digital Assets, Scams

By Nathan Lynch | 17/04/2025

MAS has signposted a deliberate shift in enforcement priorities as financial crime risks soar across APAC, writes Nathan Lynch.