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On July 31, 2019, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the U.K.'s financial services conduct regulator, released its policy statement containing final guidance=

In the cryptocurrency space, the magic word is nuance. This March, both Canadian and the United States' securities regulators have displayed increasingly nuanced positions on digital tokens

A recent decision by Québec's Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (the "FMAT") in Autorité des marchés financiers v. Gagnon (2025 QCTMF 56) ("Gagnon") adds...

On March 28, 2024, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced to 25 years in US federal prison for stealing $8 billion from customers...

Much-awaited amendments to Canadian federal anti-money laundering legislation will now specifically capture non-Canadian money service businesses (MSBs), including those dealing

On October 19, 2021, the first U.S based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), ProShares ETF was launched.

On February 21, 2025, Bybit, a cryptocurrency exchange, was the victim of an attack that saw 400,000 Ethereum stolen from their offline storage system. At that time, the total amount stolen amounted to roughly $1.5 billion CAD.

What does this mean for Canadians Paying Municipal Tax in Detroit? Will other American and Canadian Cities Follow?

On June 6, 2019, the Financial Stability Board (the "FSB"), an international body that coordinates the work of national financial authorities, published a report

On December 23, 2020, the U.S Department of Treasury released for comment a proposed anti-money laundering ("AML") rule on Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Virtual Currency

On May 27, 2024, the AMF published its Annual Statement of Priorities for 2024-2025, which outlines key initiatives for the regulator as part of its 2021-2025 Strategic Plan.

On August 24, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued Staff Notice 46-307 – Cryptocurrency Offerings.

There are a number of recent developments in U.S. securities regulation that will be noteworthy to some Canadian companies.

As previously discussed in our recent Update, OSC Announces Launch of Innovation Hub for FinTech Companies, the OSC has now officially unveiled the OSC Launchpad.

A panel of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), consisting of a single commissioner, recently ordered that a prospectus receipt be issued for a new Bitcoin Fund (the Fund)

In 2025, securities regulators in Canada and the U.S. shifted capital markets enforcement priorities.

In the past decade, the financial services sector across the globe has experienced increased regulatory scrutiny, particularly in the areas of financial crimes, AML and ATF regulation.