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Finally, the financial institutions will have new powers to engage in any activity that relates to the provision of financial services by the financial institution and its affiliates.

OSC staff submitted that it was simply too early for bitcoin to be considered an appropriate asset for an investment fund available to the public.

The delivery of investment services is evolving rapidly. In an all but completely digitized world, Canadians are increasingly turning to online trading platforms ("OTPs") that offer the ability to initiate trades at the push of a button through mobile applications.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has released an Advisory setting out new rules for deposit taking institutions (DTIs) and insurers...

Interested parties are being asked to provide their comments on the Fee Amendments to the OSC in writing by February 7, 2024.

In this quarterly update, we consider two developments from the third quarter of 2022:

The findings in this particular SEC decision are interesting because they apply to coins that were freely distributed by the company through a "bounty program".

On January 12, 2026, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee released the full text of a bipartisan negotiated draft market structure bill addressing the regulation of U.S. digital asset markets, ahead of its scheduled committee markup.

The use and integration of technology into business and everyday life further accelerated in 2018.

Entities operating in the financial space are deemed as presenting a higher risk of money laundering and terrorist financing.

Over the course of the last decade, cryptocurrencies have grown from the interest of a few online enthusiasts to a globally recognized medium of exchange valued in the trillions of dollars.

Insight into AI and cybersecurity, new federal digital accessibility regulations, emerging FinTech reporting requirements, biometric privacy compliance...

China recently established new regulations to ban all crypto transactions and cryptocurrency mining, citing concerns over the stability of the country's financial and monetary systems

On July 8, 2019, the SEC and FINRA issued a news release to address concerns regarding the applicability of U.S. federal securities laws to the intermediation and custody of digital assets.

On Nov. 4, 2025 (Budget Day), the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne tabled the federal budget titled "Budget 2025: Canada Strong" (Budget 2025).

In November 2017, the Bank of Canada ("BoC") released a white paper evaluating whether a central bank should issue a decentralized digital currency for general public use.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") is due to release a recommended policy framework for cryptocurrency reporting standards in the upcoming months.