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CSA Release Three-Year Business Plan

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On June 26, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published their 2025-2028 business plan (the “Plan”), which sets out the priorities that the CSA have committed to pursuing over the next three years....more

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Fintech in Canada Q3 2024

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CSA Extends Deadline to Delist Stablecoins  - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has once again extended the deadline for registered crypto-trading platforms to address trading in value referenced crypto assets...more

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Fintech in Canada Q2 2024

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Canada's Consumer-Driven Banking Act (CDBA) has become law. It was enacted on June 20, 2024, when Bill C-69, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024 received royal assent....more

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Fintech in Canada Q1 2024

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As we highlighted in our last quarterly Fintech update in 2023, a new regulatory framework under the Retail Payments Activities Act (RPAA) will soon affect all retail payment service providers (PSPs) doing business in Canada....more

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Fintech in Canada Q3 2023: Money20/20

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This series features insights on timely issues shaping the fintech industry, addressing critical subjects industry participants must consider in the areas of financial regulation, securities, commercialization of IT, AI,...more

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Bank Launches Blockchain Network; Stablecoin Initiatives Launch in Foreign Markets; New Crypto Guidance Published; Reports Provide...

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U.S. Bank Launches Blockchain Network, Crypto Bank Gains Securities License - According to recent reports, the largest bank in the U.S. has gone live with its blockchain-based Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN) and...more

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The Virtual Currency Regulation Review - September 2023

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I INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK - Canada currently has no comprehensive framework governing the regulation of digital assets. Securities and derivatives regulation has emerged as the main regulatory...more

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CSA Release Guidance on Public Crypto Asset Funds

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This summer, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 81-336 Guidance on Crypto Asset Investment Funds that are Reporting Issuers (the “Notice”) concerning funds that seek to invest in crypto...more

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They Claim To Be From The Government, But They Are Definitely Not Here To Help

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It seems as if using the Internet has become as dangerous as walking alone down a dark alley in a crime infested area of the city.  Today, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation issued the following...more

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Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms React to Increased Scrutiny and New Guidance from the Canadian Securities

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On April 12, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that certain unregistered crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) operating in Canada had filed an enhanced pre-registration undertaking (PRU) with their...more

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The Virtual Currency Regulation Review - November 2022

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I - INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK - Canada currently has no comprehensive framework governing the regulation of digital assets. Securities regulation has emerged as the main regulatory instrument in...more

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Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation: Canada

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Government attitude and definition - As in many countries, the regulation of cryptocurrencies in Canada is divided among various levels of government and administrative agencies, depending on the nature of the activity...more

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Coinsquare Capital Markets Ltd. is Admitted to IIROC Membership: The First Crypto Trading Platform to Become a Registered...

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On October 12, 2022, Coinsquare Capital Markets Ltd. (CCML) was approved as a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Canadian SRO for investment dealers. This is the first...more

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Blockchain Remittance Platform ZED Network Receives First Prospectus Exemption for Distributing Crypto Tokens

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), on behalf of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), recently granted ZED Network Inc. (Company) discretionary exemptive relief from prospectus and dealer registration...more

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Now’s Your Chance: CSA Seeks Input on Regulation of Crypto Asset Trading Platforms

Parties interested in the crypto asset trading industry have been given an opportunity to provide their views on the appropriate regulatory oversight in Canada for crypto asset trading platforms....more

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Shapeshifting Cryptoassets

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As cryptocurrencies and blockchain assets become more popular and begin to permeate into the wider financial markets, regulators have struggled to understand how they work and how to treat them under existing legal...more

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How Securities Law Applies to Offerings of Blockchain-Based Tokens and Coins: More Examples and CSA Comments

On June 11, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Staff Notice 46-308 Securities Law Implications for Offerings of Tokens (Staff Notice), which provides additional guidance on the applicability of...more

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Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): The Current State of Play

The ICO boom in 2017 brings with it questions of jurisdiction and compliance, and a need for further guidance - The benefits of ICOs in raising capital, as well as in providing a marketing push for a new business model,...more

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Canada Confirms Tokens May Be Securities and Pacific Coin Is the Test

The list of jurisdictions that are silent on the question of whether blockchain tokens may be securities has grown smaller. Less than a month after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Monetary...more

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Canadian Securities Regulators Clear a Path for Bitcoin Funds

The British Columbia and Ontario securities regulators have taken a leap forward in the regulation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with the first registration of a fintech start-up, First Block Capital Inc., which...more

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Industry Responds to CSA Guidance on Cryptocurrency Offerings

The rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies and the spread of cryptocurrency offerings have attracted increased attention from securities regulators in Canada and abroad. Recently, staff of the Canadian Securities...more

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China Shuts Down ICO Market

For the past few months, issuers of token sales or “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) have known that they were, to some extent, sailing in unchartered waters. Those waters have just gotten a bit murkier with an announcement by...more

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Canadian Securities Administrators Issue Staff Notice on Cryptocurrency Offerings

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Was there ever any doubt? On August 24, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued Staff Notice 46-307 – Cryptocurrency Offerings providing guidance on the applicability of Canadian securities laws to...more

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