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Originally published by A-Team Insight By: Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets, Eventus   The digital assets community is rallying around Ukraine in its moment of need. The humanitarian crisis there is personal and direct given Ukraine is a global leader in blockchain engineering talent. During a digital assets conference I attended last […]

As regulatory clarity could be years away, corporate leaders in digital asset markets are building their own risk management strategies for trade surveillance, transaction monitoring and AML compliance. This white paper summarizes why banks, platforms, brokers and trading firms will require access to mature surveillance and risk-monitoring solutions such as Eventus’ Validus solution in order

Originally published by Traders Magazine By Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Eventus Legacy financial regulations assume the existence of intermediaries and asset classes well-defined in legal code. The emergence and growth of digital assets has forced regulators, the traditional financial sector, and the crypto community to discuss new paradigms. The absence of designated

On February 25, 2022 the SEC proposed new Rule 13f-2 to provide greater transparency through the publication of certain short sale data to investors and other market participants. It also proposed Rule 205, which would establish a new “buy to cover” order marking requirement for certain purchase orders effected by a broker-dealer for its own

At the end of January, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced that the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Montréal Exchange (MX) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding cross-market surveillance. The primary objective is to “assist in the development, administration, coordination and fulfillment of the cross-market surveillance mandate.” The

  In the opening panel of the Crypto Regulation Asia 2022  conference, featured panelists including our Sales Director, Vince Turcotte discuss how crypto markets have been undergoing a period of rapid development and adoption worldwide, with regulators taking notice. It explores the regulatory landscape for crypto markets, the benefits and risks of DeFi, and the

Originally published by FinanceFeeds.   EVENTUS IS ON A ROLL Eventus Systems was present at Tradetech FX USA 2022 after a boom year in 2021. The firm completed a $30 million Series B funding round to scale the business, entered the Australia and Canada markets, launched Project TEN together with Notabene and TRM Labs, and

On February 9, 2022, FINRA published the eagerly awaited 2022 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program (the “Report”). The purpose of the Report is to provide firms with information concerning recent examination findings, outline effective practices observed by FINRA during their exams and generally highlight key considerations for firms’ compliance programs. At a