Compliance

BlackRock and Securitize’s new digital assets fund is a game-changer for tokenization and the wider regulated market, says Peter Gaffney, head of research at Security Token Ad...

By Peter Gaffney

Apr 3, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. UTC

Apr 3, 2024

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Finance

Okx

OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months

Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.

By Ian Allison

Mar 28, 2024 at 3:56 p.m. UTC

Mar 28, 2024

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Alex McFarlane and Mélodie Lamarque, co-founders of Keyring Network (Courtesy Keyring Network)

Finance

Compliance

Crypto Compliance Platform Keyring Raises $6M to Unlock DeFi for Institutions

The company allows institutional investors to comply with regulations when interacting with DeFi, and recently facilitated a proof of concept trial with Nomura's crypto arm La...

By Krisztian Sandor

Mar 19, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 19, 2024

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Policy

Regulations

India's Local Crypto and Web3 Advocacy Body Asked for Action Against Offshore Entities: Source

Bharat Web3 Association's (BWA) Chairman wrote the letter to the Indian government on Dec. 16.

By Amitoj Singh

Dec 29, 2023 at 3:49 p.m. UTC

Dec 29, 2023

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Technology

Bitcoin

CEO of World's Largest Bitcoin ATM Operator Sees Industry Ripe for Consolidation

Brandon Mintz, CEO and founder of Bitcoin Depot, the world’s largest bitcoin ATM company, says his company, which currently has about 20% market share, is in a position to gob...

By Frederick Munawa

Aug 10, 2023 at 5:37 p.m. UTC

Aug 10, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Opinion

How to Build a Compliant Crypto Exchange Post-Coinbase

Crypto isn’t going anywhere — though Coinbase might — so what the market needs is a fresh start: new exchanges that can avoid the ever-present threat of SEC enforcement by bei...

By Preston J. Byrne

Jun 6, 2023 at 4:15 p.m. UTC

Jun 6, 2023

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Tigran Gambaryan (left) at Consensus 2023 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Policy

Regulations

Binance Official Says Crypto Exchange Has Ousted North Koreans

"They recognized Binance was not the place for them," said Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance.

By Amitoj Singh

Apr 27, 2023 at 7:36 p.m. UTC

Apr 27, 2023

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Joseph Seibert, Fortress Trust Company (Joseph Seibert)

Finance

Exclusive

Former Signature Bank Crypto Payments Chief, 4 of His Team Join Fortress Trust

Joseph Seibert, formerly head of digital assets at Signature Bank, has brought over part of his risk and compliance team and a blockchain payments specialist.

By Ian Allison

Apr 25, 2023 at 7:09 p.m. UTC

Apr 25, 2023

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