01/12/2022

ESMA considers blockchain update to regulatory reporting guidance

The regulator wants to assess whether the RTS developed under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulations, covering certain transparency and data reporting requirements, need to be amended in order to be effectively applied to securities issued, trad

01/11/2022

UK FS regulator takes aim at cloud giants

Since then, Amazon Web Services has suffered a serious outage that affected a host of big firms, prompting serious worries at regulators around the world.

01/07/2022

The focus on ESG: Spotlight on data

Investors and financial professionals’ interest toward ESG principles is driving the regulatory change and will continue to demand new standards we have never considered before.

01/05/2022

DIFC launches specialised court for Dubai digital economy

It will deal with national and international disputes related to current and emerging technologies and cover a wide variety of fields including big data, blockchain tech, artificial intelligence, cloud services, unmanned aerial vehicles, 3D printing techn

01/04/2022

CFTC files charges against Delaware-registered Blockratize

The order finds that, beginning in approximately June 2020, Polymarket had been operating an illegal unregistered or non-designated facility for event-based binary options online trading contracts, known as “event markets.

12/30/2021

Viola Money enters administration

The special administration process includes provisions to facilitate the return of customer funds by the special administrators.