Compliance

Two distinct but related developments on November 28th underscored the rapid push for compliant, global stablecoin infrastructure—a foundational component for integrating crypto with traditional finance.

Ripple Labs made a monumental announcement, committing a massive $4 billion investment to expand its financial infrastructure.

Tradeweb, a leading global operator of electronic financial marketplaces, announced a major collaboration with Chainlink to publish the Tradeweb FTSE U.S. Treasury Benchmark Closing Prices directly onto blockchain networks via Chainlink's DataLink service.

Coinbase, the only publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., announced strong third-quarter earnings, beating Wall Street estimates.

The launch of SilentSwap V2, a next-generation platform designed to integrate institutional-grade privacy infrastructure into blockchain networks, becomes a significant development in blockchain security field.

The United Kingdom has declined to implement a European Union rule requiring EU governments to monitor transactions on non-hosted digital wallets. The UK preferred to monitor transactions above a certain minimum amount to ensure compliance with financial regulations.

Many cryptocurrency exchanges have had problems with financial regulators in different countries. Some of them have had to shut down or move their operations to other countries. Others have been forced to look for ways to deal with supervisors and improve compliance.

Privacy coins have been a quite controversial topic for long. While many users favour them as a way to preserve their privacy, cryptocurrency exchanges and regulators are against them. But do they really pose a threat?

The beginning of 2020 was quite stressful for most cryptocurrency exchanges. On January 10, 2020, the 5th Anti Money Laundering (AML) Directive took effect. Some platforms announced their closure, while some threw all their strength into the struggle to meet the new requirements. This article will tell you how to win this battle.