(The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via its Division of Trading and Markets recently released a wide-ranging guidance covering crypto asset activities, distributed ledger technology, broker-dealer financial responsibility, transfer agents, Form ATS and Form ATS-N disclosures, clearance and settlement, and exchange-traded products. FTF News reached out to Aaron Kaplan, founder and co-CEO at Prometheum… Read More >>
IBM & Dfns Build Digital Assets Custody Platform
Big Blue has launched IBM Digital Asset Haven, a digital asset platform for financial institutions, governments, and corporations that need to “manage and scale their digital asset operations,” officials say. The new platform, developed in collaboration with Dfns, a digital wallet infrastructure provider that says its offering can help integrate “the full-stack infrastructure and security… Read More >>
FSB Warns Against Gaps in Digital Assets Regulation
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is pushing jurisdictions to make their regulation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets more consistent with the FSB’s framework and to follow new recommendations aimed at facilitating a cohesive oversight of the global crypto-asset market and preventing regulatory arbitrage. A new peer review progress report from the FSB cites “significant… Read More >>
