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Appleby Helps Over 1,500 Clients With Economic Substance Tool

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Tech giants back US probe into France digital tax

Facebook and Amazon are set to back US president Donald Trump’s probe into the French tax on large digital companies

World’s information commissioners demand answers from Facebook about Libra currency plans

They also raise specific concerns about the interaction of Libra and Facebook’s already enormous store of information.

Privacy Is the New Digital Divide

Keeping your data secure is becoming a luxury good — and the poor risk becoming second-class online citizens

NZ Inland Revenue lays out ruling on how to pay staff in cryptocurrency

There will be strict rules, and different types of cryptocurrency will be taxed differently.

HMRC seeks digital platform for field fraud officers

The software must also integrate with the department’s wider technology estate and infrastructure.

Novel issues facing Cayman insolvency professionals dealing with crypto assets

This article provides an overview of some of the challenges facing Cayman insolvency professionals (IPs) when confronted with insolvent estates possessing crypto assets1.

New money-laundering rules change everything for cryptocurrency exchanges

Complying with regulators could mean the difference between going mainstream and remaining forever on the margins of the global financial system.

Cayman Data Protection Law, 2017

The DPL will apply to any data controller that is established in the Cayman Islands

Central Banks Worldwide Testing Their Own Digital Currencies

This was revealed at a forum held in the northern Chinese province of Heilongjiang on Aug. 10 by Mu Changchun, deputy director of the PBOC’s payments department.

EU Members Adopt Tougher Crypto Rules Than AML Directive Requires

German Regulations Chase Out Crypto Companies Like Bitpay

Bitcoin investors face tax crackdown from HMRC

One industry insider, speaking to Coindesk said: "HMRC is looking to work with exchanges when it comes to finding information on people who have been buying and selling crypto. I think they will only go back a couple of years, two or three years.

SEC Files Emergency Action Against Organizer of 'Fraudulent' $15 Million ICO

The Commission’s complaint, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, alleges that the Defendants marketed and sold securities called “VERI” tokens on the internet, inducing retail investors to invest based on multiple material misre

SEC Division Of Corporate Finance Issues Second No-Action Letter For A Bloakchain Token Issuance

To date, Bitcoin and Ether have avoided being characterized by the SEC

Bitcoin investors face tax crackdown from HMRC

HMRC is looking to work with exchanges when it comes to finding information on people who have been buying and selling crypto

UK taxman demands customer info from crypto exchanges: report

The move follows similar steps from tax authorities elsewhere, most notably the IRS in the U.S., towards recovering unpaid tax on cryptocurrency transactions.

Osirium Technologies Secures Two Annual Contracts For PxM Platform

The AIM-listed company noted the contract with the UK university is an upgrade from Osirium's free of charge PxM Express offering, and is for over 100 devices and covers software and technical support.

SGX regulatory arm to tighten oversight of Singapore market

SGX RegCo's listings disciplinary committee has started hearings against three companies.

Taxing the global digital giants: it’s easier said than done

A taxation system put in place for manufacturing industries and the trade in products seems unable to cope with digital transnational corporations whose services are delivered from anywhere.

Singapore’s Regulator Warns of New Scam Bitcoin Investment Scheme

According to MAS, the scam website referenced fabricated statements falsely attributed to Goh Chok Tong

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