AIDA

Meet FEAT: Singapore’s New AI and Data Analytics Principles for the Financial Sector

Blockchain

OFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance to Virtual Currency IndustrySEC Enforcement Action Against Poloniex Signals Heightened Scrutiny for Crypto ExchangesOCC Affirms Authority of National Banks to Engage in Additional Cryptocurrency-Related Activities, Including Issuing Stablecoins

Cryptocurrency

OFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance to Virtual Currency IndustryOFAC Updates Ransomware Advisory and Sanctions Virtual Currency ExchangeSEC Enforcement Action Against Poloniex Signals Heightened Scrutiny for Crypto Exchanges

Cybersecurity

OFAC Ramps up Targeting of Ransomware-linked Actors and FinCEN Updates Ransomware AdvisoryOFAC Updates Ransomware Advisory and Sanctions Virtual Currency ExchangeSEC Enforcement Action Against Poloniex Signals Heightened Scrutiny for Crypto Exchanges

Enforcement

OFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance to Virtual Currency IndustrySEC Enforcement Action Against Poloniex Signals Heightened Scrutiny for Crypto ExchangesOFAC Settles with Digital Currency Payment Processor for Sanctions Violations

Financial Institutions

Cryptocurrency and Other New Forms of Financial Technology: Potential Terrorist Financing Concerns and LiabilityTurning the Page: Highlights of the SEC’s Division of Examination’s 2021 PrioritiesFDIC Overhauls Brokered Deposit Regulation

FINRA

FINRA 2019 Examination Priorities Letter Includes Focus on FinTech and CybersecurityThe SEC and FINRA Bring the First Enforcement Actions Against Broker-Dealers for Violations in Digital Asset Markets, Providing Reminder of Compliance Obligations

ICOs

SEC Issues Enforcement Action Against Unikrn, Inc. for its ICO, Prompting Rare Public Dissent from Commissioner Hester PeirceSEC Files First Suit Against Alleged Unregistered Broker-Dealer Operating in Digital Asset MarketsAre Cryptoassets Property Under English Law?

Regulatory

OFAC Settles with Digital Currency Payment Processor for Sanctions ViolationsFDIC Overhauls Brokered Deposit RegulationCFTC Issues Final Interpretive Guidance on Actual Delivery for Digital Assets

Sanctions

OFAC Ramps up Targeting of Ransomware-linked Actors and FinCEN Updates Ransomware AdvisoryOFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance to Virtual Currency IndustryOFAC Settles with Digital Currency Payment Processor for Sanctions Violations

SEC Guidance

SEC Enforcement Action Against Poloniex Signals Heightened Scrutiny for Crypto ExchangesTurning the Page: Highlights of the SEC’s Division of Examination’s 2021 PrioritiesSEC Issues Enforcement Action Against Unikrn, Inc. for its ICO, Prompting Rare Public Dissent from Commissioner Hester Peirce

Smart Contracts

The CFTC Releases Primer on Smart Contract Use in Financial Markets

United States

OFAC Ramps up Targeting of Ransomware-linked Actors and FinCEN Updates Ransomware AdvisoryCFTC Issues Final Interpretive Guidance on Actual Delivery for Digital AssetsLeaders of the SEC, CFTC, and FinCEN Issue Joint Statement Reminding Market Participants of Their AML/CFT Obligations for Digital Asset Activities

Virtual Currency

OFAC Ramps up Targeting of Ransomware-linked Actors and FinCEN Updates Ransomware AdvisoryOFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance to Virtual Currency IndustryOFAC Settles with Digital Currency Payment Processor for Sanctions Violations