A 2023 Crypto Regulation Preview

SEC Charges 8 Social Media Influencers in $100 Million Scam Promoted on Discord and Twitter

Will “Pro Crypto” New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Reform UK Crypto Regulations?

Sygna’s Q4 Crypto AML Product Updates Help VASPs Navigate Growing Regulatory Compliance Complexities

Monetary Authority of Singapore’s New Crypto Regulations Say Yes to Innovation, No to Speculation

SEC’s Coinbase Insider Trading Charges Resurrects Crypto Securities Specter in “Regulation by Enforcement”

Hong Kong’s New VASP Licensing Regulations To Start1 March 2023

FATF’s June 2022 Targeted Update Reviews Crypto Travel Rule And VASP AML Progress

Sygna Integrates Coinfirm’s AML Into Modular Platform for Holistic Crypto Compliance

EU’s Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) Brings Crypto Travel Rule For All CASP Transactions

Sygna Attends European Blockchain Convention 2022 in Barcelona

Japan Regulates Stablecoins in Milestone Bill

Sygna and Coinhako: A Travel Rule Implementation Case Study

United Kingdom’s Crypto Travel Rule To Start September 2023

SEC Probes Binance for 2017 BNB ICO Securities Violation

US DOJ Charges Former OpenSea Executive in NFT Case

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Says Crypto Regulation Will Accelerate

Will Terra Luna Meltdown Lead To Stringent Stablecoin Regulation?

US’ SEC to Double Staff in Crypto Unit, Increase Industry Scrutiny

Crypto Adoption and Regulation in Latin America 

UK Government to Mint NFTs in Historic Move for Crypto

Sygna Hub Launches As Integrated AML Analytics, Travel Rule and Sanction Screening Platform

Japan Implements FATF’s Crypto Travel Rule

South Korea Elects Pro-Crypto President and Implements Travel Rule

EU Approves Anonymity-Banning MiCA Crypto”Travel Rule for All Transactions”

Coin Mixers Draw Regulatory Heat in US and UK Due to AML Concerns

EU Parliament Drops Crypto Mining Ban from MiCA Draft

Biden Signs Executive Order on Crypto To Guide Future US Regulation

Russia Sanctions and Bitcoin: More Crypto Regulations Coming?

FATF Travel Rule 2022: A Guide to Global State of Implementation

TRISA And Sygna Announce Interoperability To Simplify Global Travel Rule Compliance

North Korea’s Missile Program Funding Raises New Crypto AML/CFT Fears

UK Seeks New Regulatory Tightening For Crypto Advertising

How Will the US and Europe Regulate Stablecoins in 2022?

FinCEN to Open Dialogue on Modernizing BSA and AML Application on Crypto

Are Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) a Ticking Regulatory Timebomb?

Japan Crypto Exchanges Race To Meet FATF Travel Rule Deadline

Leading VC Andreessen Horowitz Publishes 10 Principles to Shape Future of Web 3

Sygna’s Year in Review: 2021

Crypto CEOs Receive Unprecedented Warm Bipartisan Welcome at US Govt. Hearing

US Government in Sprint to Regulate Crypto Banking

Binance Demands Global Regulatory Framework With 10 Fundamental Rights For Crypto Users

FTX Publishes 10 Key Principles for Market Regulation of Crypto Exchanges

US Treasury Targets Exchanges to Counter Ransomware Threat

Mastercard Partners With Bakkt To Bring Crypto Mainstream

CFTC Charges 14 Crypto Firms: A Signal Of Wider Regulatory Intent?

FATF Updates VASP AML Guidance For DeFi, P2P Wallet, Stablecoin, Travel Rule and NFT Regulations

CoolBitX Joins Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

U.S. Regulator FDIC to Lay Foundation for Banks Adopting Crypto

Coinbase Publishes Digital Asset Proposal Policy (DAPP) Recommendations

Are U.S. Authorities Drawing Up Stablecoin Regulations?

Webinar Recap: “AML Compliance Challenges: The VASP Licensing Journey”

Coinbase Gets Wells Notice From The SEC Over Lend Program

SEC Investigates UniSwap: What’s Next For DeFi Regulation?

BitMEX $100M Settlement With U.S. Regulators: AML Lessons for Crypto Exchanges to Heed

Sygna and Chainalysis Announce New AML Compliance Partnership

SEC’s Gary Gensler Says DeFi isn’t as Decentralized as it Claims

U.S. Infrastructure Bill’s Crypto Broker & Tax Fracas Shows Regulatory Hill To Climb

UK Crypto Travel Rule Implementation Starts With Public Consultation

Singapore’s MAS Gives In-Principle Licensing Approval to Independent Reserve, a Sygna Client

EU Proposes New AML Law to Implement Travel Rule on Private Wallets

Crypto AML Compliance: 3 Travel Rule Problems To Solve For VASPs

FATF Plenary Publishes Second 12-month Review of Revised Guidance on Virtual Assets and VASPs

CoolBitX Launches Sygna Gate, a Browser Gateway for the Comprehensive Compliance of Crypto Licensing Requirements

South Korea Turns Up Regulatory Heat On Its Crypto Exchanges

South Africa’s IFWG Promises “Phased and Structured” Crypto Asset and Exchange Regulations

FCA Extends Crypto Company Registration Deadline After Mass AML Failures

FATF Travel Rule Solution Lens 3: Implementation

MayDay! U.S. Regulators Coordinate Crypto Regulations and Tax Plans

FATF Travel Rule Solution Lens 2: Identification

Sygna Bridge and ComplyAdvantage to Partner For FATF-Adhering Identification of Sanction Lists

Sygna Bridge Becomes First ISO/IEC 27001 Certified FATF Travel Rule Solution

FATF Travel Rule Solution Lens 1: Technology

Travel Rule: Analyzing Sygna Bridge through Its 4 Lenses (Part 2)

The 4 FATF Travel Rule Lenses to Assess AML Compliance Solutions (Part 1)

New FATF Draft Guidance to Regulate P2P Transfers, DeFi, DEXs, NFT and Stablecoins

New “Innovation Act” Bill Seeks to Clarify U.S.’ Digital Asset Regulations

CoolBitX and Elliptic Release Sygna Bridge Wallet Address Filter For Private Wallet Transaction Discovery

Sygna Bridge Recommended for ISO/IEC 27001 Certification For Information Security Management

SEC vs Ripple Will Solve XRP Securities Riddle

Korea’s FSC Revises VASP Rules and Gives Travel Rule Deadline

DigiFinex Joins CoolBitX’s Sygna Alliance To Comply With FATF Travel Rule and Singapore Crypto Regulations

Is FinCEN’s Private Wallet Rule Proposal A “Travel Rule 2.0” Headache?

Wyoming’s Pro-Blockchain Laws Tame The Wild West of Crypto

Sygna 2020 Year-End Review

2020 Year-In-Review (Coindesk Op-Ed): Virtual Asset Regulation’s Global Challenges Amidst a Pandemic

U.S. Crypto Industry and Regulators Taking The Gloves Off Again in 2021

Virtual V20 Summit Updates Industry Response To FATF Crypto Regulations

Switzerland’s Dukascopy Bank Joins Sygna Alliance to Meet FATF Travel Rule Guidance

Validation by Regulation: Getting Over Crypto’s Existential Crisis

ACCESS Singapore Publishes Travel Rule Assessment Report on Sygna Bridge

BitMEX Exchange Derives Bitter Fruit From AML Non-Compliance

MiCA (Updated July 2022): A Guide to the EU’s Proposed Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation

FATF Report Issues Virtual Asset ML/TF Red Flag Indicators

CoolBitX and CipherTrace Announce Interoperability POC Between Sygna Bridge and TRISA Travel Rule Solutions

FATF Travel Rule Singapore Webinar: CoolBitX & Elliptic Advise On What To Do Now

OCC Approves U.S. Banks’ Crypto Custody Services and Clarifies Regulatory Policy

Crypto, the Beloved Country: South Africa Proposes New CASP Regulations for Exchanges

The FATF’s Travel Rule and Revised Standards for VASPs- The Next 12 Months

Elliptic and CoolBitX Partner Up to Help VASPs Meet FATF Travel Rule By June 2021

GDF Travel Rule Summit: Sygna Bridge Joins Biggest Crypto Regtech Discussion

Singapore Crypto Regulation: A Licensing Guide for DPT Exchanges

CoolBitX Releases Sygna Bridge 2.0 with IVMS101 Support

FATF Announces New 12-Month “Travel Rule” Review for June 2021

FCA Urges UK Crypto Firms’ Registration Applications

FATF Travel Rule Review: 7 Key June Plenary Questions

Guide: FinCEN’s Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) for VASPs

Japan’s History of Crypto Asset Regulation: 2014-2020

Consensus 2020: CoolBitX Shares Asia’s FATF Travel Rule Lessons for Crypto Exchanges

Guide: Japan Crypto Asset Regulation

Joint Working Group (JWG) Adopts IVMS101 InterVASP Messaging Standard for FATF Travel Rule

South Africa’s Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) Regulation To Align with FATF Standards and Travel Rule

South Africa’s IFWG and CAR WG Publish FATF-Compliant Crypto Asset Regulatory Framework

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA)To Enforce New Crypto-Asset Exchange Regulations from 1 May 2020

FATF 3rd Follow-Up Report: U.S. Crypto Regulation “Largely Compliant”, but with Deficiencies

Why a Fed-issued Digital Dollar nearly made the U.S. Congress’ $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill

Canada’s FINTRAC Sets New Virtual Currency Regulations for 2020/2021

Coronavirus vs Crypto: An A-Z of Countries That Show Why Virtual Assets Will Survive COVID-19

New: Robot VASP Makes Debugging a Solo Effort

V20 Bali 2022: VASPs Join Regulators and Propose New AML Crypto Solutions

Sygna Partners with Dow Jones Risk & Compliance for Enhanced Sanction Screening