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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a letter, along with a press release and webpage, from its Chair, Klaas Knot, to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors ahead of their meeting on 23-24 April. The...more
On April 8, 2025, Natasha Cazenave, executive director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), addressed the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, offering key insights into the...more
The Financial Stability Board has published its work program for 2025. Priority areas of work for 2025 include: - supporting global cooperation on financial stability: the FSB will continue monitoring global financial...more
Crypto Firms Announce Initiatives in Payments, Mining, DAOs and More - Recent reports provided details on new developments across the cryptocurrency market...more
EURC Stablecoin Launches on Stellar; Singapore Exchange Integrates PYUSD - In a recent press release, the issuer of USDC and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced that the euro-pegged stablecoin EURC has...more
SWIFT Publishes Blockchain Pilot Findings; Firms Announce USDC Integrations - According to a recent press release, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) recently published a report with...more
The Financial Stability Board has finalized its global regulatory framework for cryptoasset activities and markets and revised the framework for global stablecoin arrangements. Both frameworks, based on the principle of "same...more
On July 17, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) released its global regulatory framework for promoting comprehensive, international consistency of regulatory and supervisory approaches for crypto-asset activities and...more
On 07 June 2023, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the state of cryptocurrency and digital assets in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. A discussion was held with Bryan Stirewalt, senior managing director at K2...more
DeFi Protocols Announce Updates, US Bank Introduces Deposit Token Concept - According to recent reports, Rocket Pool, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol used as an Ethereum (ETH) staking service, has reached $1...more
On November 30, 2022, amidst the tumult roiling the cryptocurrency industry following the latest collapse of a major crypto exchange and its reverberations throughout the crypto economy, European Central Bank (ECB) Director...more
On November 30, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen requesting that she coordinate with other financial regulators to further work on the recommendations...more
Key developments in November 2022: The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Qualifying Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1252) was published together with an explanatory memorandum. The amendments allow for the...more
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges - FTX Trading Ltd. - and many of its affiliates filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. While the full impact of the FTX bankruptcy is not yet clear, various responses from...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury through its Financial Stability Oversight Council issued a press release presenting its Report on Digital Assets Financial Stability Risk and Regulation on 10/3/22 highlighting how...more
New Crypto Products Launch in Custody, Cloud Collaborations and Stablecoins - This week, a major U.S. financial institution announced that its Digital Asset Custody platform is now live in the United States. According to...more
The comprehensive framework, which spans multiple reports, aims to spur risk mitigation efforts and potentially a US central bank digital currency. On September 16, 2022, the White House published a fact sheet described...more
On Sept. 16, 2022, the White House released a Fact Sheet providing key findings and action items arising from the nine reports addressing digital assets that have been submitted to the president to date consistent with the...more
The Financial Stability Board has issued a statement on international regulation and supervision of crypto-asset activities. The statement is made in light of the crypto-asset market turmoil. The statement warns crypto-asset...more
July 28, 2022- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Protecting Investors and Savers: Understanding Scams and Risks in Crypto and Securities Markets."...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: UK Financial Services and Markets Bill 2022-23 introduced to Parliament; US Treasury publishes framework for international engagement on digital assets; and European...more
New Cryptocurrency Payments Systems, Tokens and Trade Associations Launch - A leading global cryptocurrency platform has reportedly announced a partnership with a global e-commerce platform that would allow e-commerce...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce is seeking comments from the public to inform its development of a framework for enhancing U.S. competitiveness in and leveraging digital asset technologies. This framework is mandated by the...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: In this Newsletter: For previous editions of the Global Payments Newsletter, please visit our Financial Services practice page. On 9 March 2022, President Biden signed...more
The Financial Stability Board has published a report on the risks that crypto-assets pose to global financial stability. The FSB observes that the crypto-assets market is growing rapidly and could reach a point where it poses...more