Lavender Au

Lavender Au is a CoinDesk reporter with a focus on regulation in Asia. She holds BTC, ETH, NEAR, KSM and SAITO.

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Hong Kong Regulator Wants to Beef Up Its Staff Covering Virtual Assets

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) wants to expand its team to deal with licensing applications for the incoming VASP regime.

The FTX collapse may alter Hong Kong regulators approach to retail crypto trading. (Yiu Yu Hoi/Getty Images)

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South Korea to Start Tracking Crypto Transactions in Bid to Crack Down on Money Laundering

The country will start off using a third-party system while it develops its own software.

(KINNYtv/Pixabay)

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What You Need to Know About Crypto Regulation in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan

Asia’s biggest financial centers seem eager to encourage the growth of the crypto industry while protecting consumers and preventing contagion if things go wrong.

Hong Kong (Shutterstock)

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Hong Kong’s Finance Regulator Calls for 'a More Solid Footing' for Crypto

After crypto firms have left the city, the regulator says it’s now moving with the market and industry.

Christopher Hui speaking at 2022 Hong Kong FinTech Week. (Information Services Department of HKSAR)

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Japan to Exempt Token Issuers From Corporate Tax on Unrealized Gains

Project founders will no longer be subject to hefty taxes which forced them abroad from next April onwards.

Cityscape Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Japanese Regulator Extends FTX Japan’s Suspension as Users Wait for Their Funds

The Financial Services Agency ordered that operations stay suspended for another three months.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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South Korea’s Central Bank Wants to Oversee Stablecoins

The country joins other jurisdictions in proposing standards for stablecoin issuance.

Seoul, South Korea (Ciaran O'Brien/Unsplash)

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Singapore's Financial Regulator Defends Itself After FTX Blowup

Singapore state fund Temasek’s investment in FTX caused "reputational damage," but “it is the nature of investment and risk-taking,” said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Singapore's Parliament House (Getty Images)

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Bank of Japan to Run CBDC Experiments With Country's Megabanks: Report

The central bank will decide on issuing a digital yen in 2026.

(B. Tanaka/Getty)

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CFTC Has ‘Boots on the Ground’ at FTX Subsidiary LedgerX

Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson said that the regulator is monitoring crypto clearinghouse LedgerX on a “daily if not hourly basis.”

Kristin N. Johnson, commissioner of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CoinDesk)

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