US: OFAC publishes cryptocurrency FAQs

www.alpha-week.com/news/ofac-publishes-cryptocurrency-faqs www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Sanctions/Pages/faq_compliance.aspx www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/opabehnam5 See also: goo.gl/LuRJwV goo.gl/D1V7a2 www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/crypto-never-sleeps-vigilance-required-62663/ Update: Click to access updateofacsanctionsconsiderationscryptosector.pdf angle.ankura.com/post/102i75p/preventing-the-use-of-cryptocurrencies-to-evade-sanctions 0
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Switzerland: FIDLEG and FINIG – What’s new?

www.loyensloeff.ch/en/news/fidleg-finig-what-s-new/ www.cms-lawnow.com/ealerts/2018/06/switzerland-adopts-new-laws-on-financial-services-and-financial-institutions www.pwc.ch/en/insights/regulation/finia-and-finsa-on-the-right-track.html www.efd.admin.ch/efd/en/home/themen/wirtschaft–waehrung–finanzplatz/finanzmarktpolitik/fidleg-finig/fb-fidleg-finig.html www.fincontrol.ch/en/fidleg-and-finig pestalozzilaw.com/en/news/legal-insights/fidleg/ www.lenzstaehelin.com/publications/newsletters/more/4611/ pestalozzilaw.com/en/news/legal-insights/finig/ www.lenzstaehelin.com/publications/newsletters/newsletters/more/4676/ blog.froriep.com/en/marekting-foreign-collective-investment-schemes-to-swiss-investors-changes-by-finsa-fidleg-lsfin See also: www.baerkarrer.ch/publications/FinSA%2520-%2520Collective%2520Investment%2520Schemes.pdf www.loyensloeff.ch/en/news/cross-border-distribution-of-collective-investment-schemes/ blog.froriep.com/en/finsa-lsfin-fidleg-requirements-for-financial-services-providers www.baerkarrer.ch/publications/FinIA%2520-%2520Portfolio%2520Managers%2520and%2520Trustees.pdf Click to access FinSA%20-%20Cross%20Border.pdf Click to access FinsA%20-%20Segmentation%20and%20Conduct%20Rules.pdf blog.vischer.com/en/finsa-/-finia-are-just-around-the-corner blog.vischer.com/en/client-advisors-must-now-be-registered blog.vischer.com/de/kundenberater-m%C3%BCssen-neu-ins-beraterregister www.loyensloeff.com/be/en/expertise/practice-areas/tax/new-amendments-to-the-drafts-finso-finio-and-soo-n16783/ blog.vischer.com/en/the-prospectus-requirement-under-the-financial-services-act www.mme.ch/en/magazine/magazine-detail/url_magazine/finsafinia_in_a_nutshell_changes_for_financial_service_providers/ www.mme.ch/en/magazine/magazine-detail/url_magazine/do_virtual_assets_qualify_as_financial_instruments_in_the_sense_of_the_finsa/ www.vischer.com/know-how/blog/opting-out-fuer-immer-vermoegende-privatkunden-unter-dem-fidleg-38927/ Update: www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-76957.html See also: blog.vischer.com/en/must-deputies-or-executors-also-observe-the-finia-and-finsa#page=1 pestalozzilaw.com/en/news/legal-insights/duty-register-client-advisers-foreign-financial-service-providers-be-or-not-be/ 0
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