Calls for the development of a European strategy for digital financial services

The French SEC-equivalent AMF (Autorité des marchés financiers), detailed the existing issue on approaches taken regarding digital currencies. In their report, the AMF called on the European Commission to develop a strategy for digital financial services. The Fintech dossier called for the EU to “regulate the issuance and exchange of financial instruments in a blockchain […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell Speaks about a digital dollar and “private crypto transactions”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addressed the House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee on Tuesday. When asked about digital currencies, Powell admitted that the Libra project had sparked some excitement in the Fed last year. Jerome Powell, the current chairman of the Federal Reserve, said this in response to Illinois Congressman Bill Foster’s question about […]

FINMA make a proposal for stricter money laundering regulations for crypto-transactions

The Swiss regulatory authority FINMA has announced a new proposal that provides stricter guidelines for unidentifiable crypto-currency transactions. The new FIDLEG and FINIG laws, have obliged the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA to issue certain, mainly technical, implementation provisions. For this reason, FINMA presented a new, streamlined ordinance last week. Among other things, the […]

Prof. Dr. Michaela Hönig on ICO’s, Cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins

An interview with Prof. Dr. Michaela Hönig, expert on digital currencies in the German Bundestag and author of the newly published book: “ICO and Cryptocurrencies – New Digital Forms of Raising Capital”. CVJ.CH: Your recently published book deals, among other things, with the possibilities and limitations of ICO’s. The limits have been well observed in […]

ECB, SNB, BoJ and other central banks discuss the introduction of digital currencies in Washington

Six major central banks, including the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank, are scheduled to meet in Washington in mid-April to discuss issues related to the likely introduction of central bank digital currencies. According to the Japan Times, the governors of the ECB and the central banks of the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, […]

German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority defines new depositary law for foreign companies

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in Germany is currently clarifying how the newly defined law can be applied to companies regarding the safekeeping of crypto-currencies. Companies that would be affected are one’s subject to foreign jurisdictions but serve the German market. In a guideline published in January, the regulatory authority announced that companies that […]