The Bank of Israel is proposing to regulate the provision of services to licensed cryptocurrency service providers (i.e., exchange platforms). The purpose of the proposal is to ensure banks are not able to sweepingly refuse...more
1/11/2022
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Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Action Task Force ,
Israel ,
Payment Systems ,
Permits ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Tax Certificates
For the first time, companies providing virtual currency services will be required to comply with Israeli anti-money laundering provisions. This follows an amendment to the Prohibition of Money Laundering Order that recently...more
While Israel’s banks are in no hurry to accept the blockchain industry and are avidly trying to keep their distance from cryptocurrencies, this is not the case elsewhere. Recently, the major global securities, derivatives and...more
The Tel Aviv District Court (Economics Department) recently handed down a ruling in the Ceragon Networks Ltd. case. The ruling states that dual-listed companies may face exposure to lawsuits based on the liability rules under...more
6/22/2021
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Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Liability ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Exchanges ,
Israel Securities Authority (ISA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Listing Standards ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities Violations ,
Stock Exchange ,
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
Over the past year, raising capital through SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) has become a hot trend on Wall Street. A SPAC is a company with no business operations formed solely to raise capital through an IPO...more
The Israel Securities Authority recently established guidelines on when a cryptographic currency (token) is considered a security. The ISA determined that Kirobo tokens meet the definition of a security. This is primarily...more
The first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is still the most well-known application of blockchain. However, this technology has since rapidly evolved and expanded in many other areas. The initial hope with Bitcoin was to make both...more
10/19/2020
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Bitcoin ,
Compliance ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Financial Institutions ,
Institutional Investors ,
Israel ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Securities Tokens ,
Token Sales
The Israeli Securities Authority has announced that distribution entities now may be liable for the contents of a prospectus. In a staff position paper published in late July, the ISA changed the rules of the game in the...more
Prompted by the use of digital currencies to fund terror and other illegal activity, the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority has published a document aimed at assisting financial bodies and law...more
7/6/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FATF ,
Financial Transactions ,
Law Enforcement ,
Money Laundering ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Virtual Currency
After Libra, Facebook’s ambitious global digital currency venture, faced fierce resistance from regulators around the world, Facebook has announced “Libra 2.0.” The venture is set to undergo far-reaching changes that, on the...more
Regulatory resistance and legal proceedings conducted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.) are currently hindering the realization of one of the greatest promises of blockchain technology – the transfer of...more
10/29/2019
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CFTC ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
European Central Bank ,
Facebook ,
FinCEN ,
Regulatory Agencies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Currency
The Israel Securities Authority recently published a staff position that has material implications on the hedge fund sector in Israel and on the investor public.
This position was issued against the backdrop of a judgment...more
After a long wait, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has permitted a startup company to raise funds from the general public through a supervised security token offering (STO) under Reg A+ regulations....more
7/22/2019
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Crowdfunding ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Fundraisers ,
Howey ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Regulation A ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Tokens ,
Security Token Offering (STOs) ,
Small Business ,
Startups
Signs of recovery in the crypto field are obvious and the investing public is again interested in companies operating in this realm. Thus, with the initial coin offering (ICO) era considered over, it seems there is a new tool...more