It’s been a very, very busy year for the crypto markets and the Coinfirm team. Here is our annual Year in Review for 2020.
The hottest new entrant to the blockchain scene, the Mandala exchange, has announced a partnership with Coinfirm
LONDON, 18 December – Germany’s leading Bitcoin ATM provider, spot9, will leverage top RegTech Coinfirm’s AML platform for cryptocurrencies and blockchain to increase transparency and strengthen compliance in the crypto industry. spot9’s users can find the nearest ATM to conveniently buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with cash – no prior knowledge needed. spot9 enables customers…
Germany Switches from Paper to Digital Securities Paving the way for blockchain-based financial securities, Berlin has just switched from paper to digital. On Wednesday, new legislation was passed to introduce all-electronic securities as part of its wider blockchain strategy, outlined by the German Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. The law…
LONDON, 16 December – The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has established a Temporary Registration Regime to allow existing cryptoasset firms, who have applied to be registered with the FCA, to continue trading. The FCA is advising customers of cryptoasset firms which should have applied to the FCA, but have not done so, to withdraw their…
French Ministries Look to Take Out Anonymous Crypto Accounts On Tuesday, three French ministries jointly issued an order to ban the use of cryptocurrency accounts employing enhanced privacy techniques to anonymize users. The move aims to take on money laundering through cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets. French finance minister Bruno Le Maire, overseas minister Sébastien Lecornu…
LONDON, 10 December – Coinfirm is proud to welcome Marc McCord who has just joined the firm as the firm’s Director of Sales in New York. With 20+ years of diversified experience in Financial Services, Risk Intelligence Screening, AI, AML/KYC, SaaS and FinTech, Marc’s wealth of knowledge joins the firm at a period of rapid…
LONDON, 08 December – Bitexen, Turkey’s top cryptocurrency trading platform has partnered with RegTech provider Coinfirm to bring industry-leading AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and risk monitoring to the blockchain sphere. With this partnership, the Istanbul-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitexen will be able to efficiently audit counterparty risk and report suspicious activity in line with global FATF guidelines,…
Image credit; Peter Juelich/Bloomberg Head of ECB Finds Stablecoins Dangerous Christine Lagarde, chief of the European Central Bank has warned that private stablecoins pose serious risks in an article published Monday. However, public ones would be a boon in her eyes. Lagarde posits that “if widely adopted, stablecoins could threaten financial stability and monetary sovereignty….
LONDON, 03 December – Waves – a protocol with a focus on creating a practical framework to speed-up the adoption of DeFi applications and other dApp use cases, has leveraged leading RegTech provider Coinfirm for on-chain AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and CFT (Combatting the Financing of Terrorism). The Waves blockchain protocol has been a pioneer in…