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    Securities / Derivatives

    China Tightens Scrutiny on Offshore Listings, Use of Proceeds

    By Mark Johnston | 05/03/2025

    Chinese firms need approval to deploy proceeds from Hong Kong share sales overseas. Small cap listings in New York are also facing scrutiny.

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    Sanctions

    OFAC Withdraws Licence Authorising Chevron’s Venezuela Operations

    By Editors | 04/03/2025

    A new general licence gives Chevon just 30 days to wind down operations instead of the six-month period normally allowed.

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    Enforcement

    Singapore Charges Three for False Representation in Chip Smuggling Case

    By Nithya Subramanian | 04/03/2025

    The charges come after US officials started a probe last month to determine whether DeepSeek sourced advanced Nvidia chips through third parties in Singapore.

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    AML / KYC

    US Treasury Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act

    By Manesh Samtani | 04/03/2025

    The BOI reporting rule will be amended to “narrow the scope of the rule to foreign reporting companies only”. US citizens and companies won’t have to file BOI reports.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US President Announces Plans to Establish Strategic Crypto Reserve

    By Thisanka Siripala | 03/03/2025

    The Strategic Crypto Reserve would include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano. Further details have not yet been disclosed.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US SEC Declares Meme Coins Are Not Securities

    By Thisanka Siripala | 03/03/2025

    The US regulator issued a statement offering regulatory clarity on how meme coins are treated under securities regulations.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    US SEC Drops Cases Against Crypto Firms Including Coinbase

    By Nithya Subramanian | 03/03/2025

    Coinbase, Robinhood Crypto, Uniswap Labs, Gemini and OpenSea have all said SEC enforcement probes against them have ended.

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    AML / KYC

    US ‘Gold Visa’ Proposal Appealing to Criminals: Transparency Int’l

    By Nithya Subramanian | 28/02/2025

    EU officials have previously warned that golden visa programmes could be used for money laundering, tax evasion and corruption.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    AliPay Allows American Express to Link Cards to Payments App

    By Nithya Subramanian | 27/02/2025

    Amex members can now link their cards to the Alipay digital wallet, enabling them to make payments at merchants across the mainland.

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    AML / KYC

    US Authorities Impose $505m AML Penalty on Crypto Firm OKX

    By Nithya Subramanian | 27/02/2025

    The DOJ said OKX did not implement required AML policies, enabling over USD 5 billion in suspicious transactions to flow through its platform.

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