On June 8, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA ) published a notice indicating that they are making amendments (the Rule Amendments) to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (NI 45-106) to amend Form 45-106F1 Report of Exempt Distribution (the Report)  and a related change to Companion Policy 45-106CP Prospectus Exemptions (45-106CP). Provided all necessary…

According to a study recently published by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), while a sizable number of Ontarians own cryptocurrency assets, the majority remain unclear on the basics of cryptocurrency, while many are ignorant of the regulatory framework surrounding them. The OSC study, The Taking…

In a move that should have surprised no-one but actually did, investors in the Tezos blockchain project are being hit with a Know Your Client (KYC)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) audit, which has managed to have enraged almost all the participants. On June 10, the Tezos Foundation…

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published two notices for a 120-day comment period regarding investor protection initiatives (Client Focused Reforms). Together, the goal of these reforms, states the regulator, is to provide a single set of harmonized reforms that would require registered firms and…

In the wake of the Coincheck breach earlier this year, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has been cracking down on that country’s cryptocurrency exchanges. Now a new wrinkle has emerged over concerns that the country’s licensed crypto exchanges do not have sufficient internal processes…

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According to a recent speech in San Francisco, earlier this month by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s William Hinman, Ether – the cryptocurrency behind the Ethereum network – should not be regulated in the same way as stocks and bonds. These comments, by Hinman, the…

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a notice and second request for comment on Proposed National Instrument 93-101 Derivatives: Business Conduct and Proposed Companion Policy 93-101 CP Derivatives: Business Conduct (the Proposed Instrument). The Proposed Instrument establishes a business conduct regime for regulating dealers…

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On May 31, 2018, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), published an update, varying BC Instrument 94-501 – Exemption from the mandatory clearing requirements in National Instrument 94-101 – Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives for certain counterparties to extend the exemption. The full text…