Global Digital Finance, together with its community of industry expert members, is driving the acceleration and adoption of digital finance to support the next era of digital commerce.
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The OECD Working Party 10 met at the end of September and discussed critical aspects of the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS).Topics on the agenda included: At the same time, jurisdictions are rapidly publishing draft guidance and final guidance for implementation. With only a few months until these rules take […]
22 Oct 2025
22 October 2025
Earlier today, the European Parliament’s ECON Committee voted on the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation, voting down references to phasing out consensus mechanisms that did not meet a new criteria of minimum environmental sustainability standards and instead approving the rapporteur’s compromise and giving him a mandate to go straight through to trilogues. Much anticipated for […]
15 March 2022
The global financial ecosystem is built on accounts. Users have billions of accounts with financial institutions to manage their assets, currencies, and all other financial instruments – hundreds of trillions of dollars in total account value. Transacting between these accounts is what makes up our financial ecosystem – paying, investing, trading, transferring, lending, borrowing, and […]
11 March 2022
Crypto is playing an important role in the Ukrainian conflict, with users across the globe stepping up to help in ways big and small. At the GDF Emergency Summit on Sanctions, GBBC CEO and GDF Board Member Sandra Ro shared some of the encouraging stories of the crypto community’s response to the emerging crisis. Fundraising […]
8 March 2022
“There has never been a more important moment in the crypto and compliance industries to make sure that we have the controls in place to mitigate the risk of complicit actors.” Ari Redbord, TRM Labs Speaking at the GDF Emergency Summit on Sanctions, Ari Redbord, head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, highlighted […]
8 March 2022
Speaking at the GDF Emergency Summit, Carole House, Director of Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation at the US National Security Council, gave an overview of the US sanctions. Below are the key messages. The US imposed immediate sweeping financial sanctions and controls designed to inflic maximum pain on the Russian economy. Russia will end […]
8 March 2022
Malcolm Wright, Shyft Network, led a discussion on the industry’s role in the crisis, and what actions might be taken. Panellists included Elaine Sun, Huobi, Bill Hughes, ConsenSys, Liat Shetret, Solidus Labs, and Che Sidanius, Refinitiv. Key considerations for the industry: Start with the competency of your team. Professional knowledge is key to supporting exchanges […]
8 March 2022
Joseph Weinberg, co-founder of Shyft, highlighted three main points on the Travel Rule at the GDF Emergency Summit on Sanctions. VASP due diligence is becoming increasingly important With regards to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) so-called Travel Rule, the key is to implement as much identification as possible so that virtual asset service providers […]
8 March 2022
The GDF Code of Conduct is designed to establish a common understanding of the best practices and governance policies for the global digital asset market. Divided into 10 parts, the Code addresses each component of the digital finance value chain, and is written from the perspective of general global regulatory frameworks. The following is a […]
8 March 2022
Global Digital Finance, together with its community of industry expert members, is driving the acceleration and adoption of digital finance to support the next era of digital commerce.