Newly-released regulatory guidelines give crypto asset trading platforms (CTPs) operating in Ontario just a few weeks—until April 19, 2021—to contact the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to discuss how to ensure compliance...more
Entities dealing in "virtual currencies", money services businesses (MSBs) and other reporting entities (REs) to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) will become subject to new compliance...more
The year was 2017. The holidays were approaching and the popular focus on cryptocurrencies—particularly Bitcoin—was becoming more intense in each passing news cycle. But it was not to last. On December 17, 2017, Bitcoin...more