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TechCrunch Founder on Selling His Apartment as an NFT in Groundbreaking Deal
BeINCrypto | | Jun 8, 2021
BeinCrypto spoke to TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington and CEO of Propy, Natalia Karayaneva, about their latest venture — selling Arrington’s apartment as a non-fungible token (NFT).
NFTs have been big in 2021 but are mostly relegated to the world of digital art. This has been hugely successful but also brought up questions about other real-world applications for these tokens.
Some have speculated ways in which the ownership inherent in NFTs can be applied to various spaces. However, much of this has taken place online, with a big focus on using NFTs to provide ownership to virtual products. These include items like clothing or weapons to virtual real estate.
See: Tokenizing Assets and Unlocking Value on the Blockchain
Now, Karayaneva and Arrington are providing a real-world answer, with the first-ever real estate NFT.
Arrington’s studio apartment in Kiev is about to be sold as an NFT to the highest bidder. Starting at $20,000, the collection includes access to ownership transferred paperwork, the apartment picture, and a unique digital artwork NFT by Kiev artist, Chizz.
This is also no average apartment. Arrington bought the property as part of the first-ever blockchain-based real estate sale back in 2017 by Propy.
How to make a property an NFT
Figuring out how to make real estate into an NFT was the challenge that faced Propy and Arrington during this process. While it may just seem like the title deeds could be tokenized, this is not the case.
Rather the solution found was to make the property hold the title in a legal entity, an LLC, or a trust. From here, Karayaneva’s company helps draw up the paperwork to create the NFT.
“We’ll send the paperwork to the transaction platform on Propy, the homeowner will sign this paperwork, and this paperwork will ‘NFT the property,'” she explains.
However, once completed, the property can only be transferred as an NFT. Karayaneva explains,
“The only way the homeowner can transfer the property in the future will be only the NFT, the owner won’t be able to sell it traditionally, or just put other owners in the LLC paperwork. But the main thing is that once they sign this paperwork on our property transaction platform, this homeownership will live on-chain on the NFT level, it’s all digital, and it was exclusively on the NFT.”
Having the property as an LLC is a key shift in property ownership and sales.
See: How Fintech is Eating Real Estate - FFCON21 talk, CEO Key Daniel Dubois
“This is the fundamental change we’re doing in the real estate industry where we have detached homeownership from the county. Once the county has the record of the LLC, then all the future trades are happening via property, changing the LLC owners,” says Karayaneva.
“So we don’t sell it from LLC to another LLC, but rather we change owners of this LLC. Thus, we are fully independent of county records and the title of the ownership.”
“Transfer is done fully using data via blockchain, which means it’s immutable. It’s unhackable, and so on.”
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OSC Innovation Office Survey Invitation – KYC, KYP, Suitability Survey
OSC Innovation Office | Jonathan Yeung | Jun 9, 2021
The Office of Economic Growth and Innovation (Innovation Office) is a new branch at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) dedicated to accelerating innovation, bolstering capital formation, and reducing regulatory burden in Ontario’s capital markets. They help innovative businesses understand securities laws and strive to make the OSC a more innovative and efficient regulator.
The Innovation Office is publishing a survey to collect experiences and views on the use of regulatory technology (RegTech) solutions to satisfy the Know-Your Product (KYP), Know-Your-Client (KYC) and suitability obligations in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations.
See: Ontario moving ahead with expanded mandate for OSC
The survey is open from June 7th – 25th. We appreciate your response. The OSC Innovation Office invites you to participate in a short 8–10-minute survey to share your experiences and views on the use of technology (e.g., RegTech) solutions to satisfy the Know-Your Product (KYP), Know-Your-Client (KYC) and suitability obligations in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations.
You will be asked a few questions at the beginning of the survey to make sure that you are eligible to respond.
By completing the survey, you will be helping the OSC Innovation Office understand current experiences and views to inform modernizing regulation as well as design a potential test theme for a new Ontario-specific regulatory testing environment.
Please submit your response by June 25, 2021.
Your answers will be completely anonymous and analyzed along with responses obtained from other registrants, solution providers and individual investors. If you are not the primary respondent of this survey, we request you to share this survey with relevant contacts at the firm that you represent and across your business network.
We appreciate your time.
Thanks and regards,
Jonathan Yeung
Senior Business Advisor, OSC Innovation Office
JYEUNG@osc.gov.on.ca
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanyeung/
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An Analysis of Bitcoin’s Use in Illicit Finance
Crypto for Innovation | Michael Morell | Apr 6, 2021
Preface
Today, the rapid adoption of blockchain technologies, and the cryptocurrencies they support, are on their way to revolutionizing global financial and payment systems. And, as expected, we are beginning to see a balancing between innovators and regulators, with prominent voices weighing in— some touting cryptocurrency as the future of finance and others raising concerns about the illicit finance implications of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Having devoted my career to protecting and advancing the national security interests of the United States, I recognize the importance of ensuring that technological advancements related to critical industries are accompanied by smart, informed, and timely adjustments to regulatory frameworks, policies, and laws. Those who safeguard our nation simply must have the right tools to do their jobs. Period.
See: Binance Under the Microscope: Former FBI Agent Discusses Possible Investigation of World’s Largest Crypto Exchange
It is against this backdrop that I, and two of my colleagues from Beacon Global Strategies, conducted an analysis regarding the degree of illicit activity associated with cryptocurrencies in general and Bitcoin in particular. The project was sponsored by a group of leading cryptocurrency innovators and investors. The terms of the engagement were that I would “call it as I see it,” with objectivity and transparency, just as I had done throughout my career as an intelligence analyst. I am hopeful that this analysis will help advance a healthy and fact-based dialogue as policymakers determine how to best ensure that these financial innovations serve the national interest.
Introduction
So far, 2021 has been a year of significant developments and milestones for Bitcoin. Its price surpassed $60,000 for the first time in its history.1 Major corporations, from Tesla to Square to MicroStrategy, are adding it to their balance sheets.2 Large banks are providing Bitcoin-related services, with Morgan Stanley saying it will soon offer access to three Bitcoin funds for its wealth management clients.3 Canada has approved Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs).4 There is grow-ing momentum for Bitcoin’s emerging use as a store of value.
Yet there is a common belief that the Bitcoin market is rife with illicit activity, with many holding this belief pointing to several high-profile incidents. When the illicit Silk Road darknet market (DNM) was shut down in 2013, more than 26,000 Bitcoin were seized by the FBI.5 AlphaBay, formed in 2014 and widely viewed as an heir to Silk Road, was shuttered by international authorities in 2017 after building a customer base of over 400,000, with transactions conducted largely in Bitcoin.6 The 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack that infected more than 200,000 computers worldwide required payment in Bitcoin.7 Bitcoin was even used to help fund some of those involved in the insurrection at Capitol Hill on January 6.
See: Goldman Sachs Reconsiders Whether Bitcoin is Legitimate Asset
The conventional wisdom on this issue has been rein-forced by public statements from senior government officials on both sides of the Atlantic who have sug-gested that Bitcoin is used primarily for illicit activities. Eye-catching media reports, like a recent Buzzfeed article titled, “Secret Documents Show How Terrorist Supporters Use Bitcoin – And How the Government is Scrambling to Stop Them,” add weight to such remarks.
In undertaking our analysis, we consulted a diverse group of experts in the fields of cryptocurrency tech-nology and investment, financial services, payment sys-tems, global intelligence and security, financial regula-tion, and law enforcement. We interviewed executives from major blockchain analytics firms, former senior Treasury Department officials, a senior official from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and a former CIA intelligence analyst, as well as aca-demics, venture capital investors, former federal pros-ecutors, and a former leader in the banking industry. We also consulted studies from the U.S. Department of Justice; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); the Financial Action Task Force (FATF); major blockchain analytics firms; the Brookings In-stitution; RAND Corporation; BAE Systems; and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
Sigal Mandelker, former Acting Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, as well as a former Department of Justice official and prosecutor, gave us a significant amount of her time to tap into her wealth of experience on the issue.
See: Online casino real money
I began this work expecting that I would find a set of facts supporting the conventional wisdom on this issue. After all, I believed that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are a largely anonymous way to transfer funds anywhere in the world nearly instantaneously. And I assumed that those officials who have raised concerns about the use of Bitcoin in illicit activity—with the objective of ensuring regulatory vigilance—must be among the best-informed experts on this issue.
However, based on our research and discussions with industry experts, I have confidence in two conclusions:
• The broad generalizations about the use of Bitcoin in illicit finance are significantly overstated.
• The blockchain ledger on which Bitcoin transactions are recorded is an underutilized forensic tool that can be used more widely by law enforcement and the intelligence community to identify and disrupt illicit activities. Put simply, blockchain analysis is a highly effective crime fighting and intelligence gathering tool.
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China’s ‘splinternet’ will create a state-controlled alternative cyberspace
The Guardian | Flavia Kenyon | June 3, 2021
Beijing is using blockchain to build a new internet and many developing countries are likely to sign up – but at what cost?
Cyberspace is one huge, unregulated mess. A virtual wild west where sophisticated criminal gangs ply their trade alongside multinational companies, spy agencies, activists, celebrity influencers – and nation states. The question of who governs it is one of the biggest of our time.
Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary and the nearest we have to a cyber minister, signalled his determination to make Britain a global tech superpower, protecting the most vulnerable countries in the world, during a landmark cyber summit in London in May. But the signs are there that his government hugely underestimates the scariest cyber scenario of all: the possible fragmentation of the internet.
Raab said that Britain must shape cyberspace according to “our values”, while preventing China, Russia and others from “filling the multilateral vacuum”. What does he mean? It all sounds so abstract, so removed from our daily lives.
See: President Xi Says China Should ‘Seize Opportunity’ to Adopt Blockchain
It has been showered with Chinese investment for decades. As I write, Beijing is planning to lay undersea cables along Africa’s western and eastern coasts to provide internet access to previously neglected towns and villages. Connectivity sounds like progress, and many in Africa are understandably pleased.
But here’s the problem: the Chinese are building their own internet, in a potential fragmentation that has been called the “splinternet”, an alternative cyberspace in which Britain does not even get a look in, unless invited. Many developing countries are likely to sign up to it.
The Chinese version of cyberspace would be separate and ideologically distinct.
Beijing is not interested in improving the existing internet in an interoperable and open way, or helping the world become more resilient to cyber-attacks. It is engaged in creating a completely different digital architecture, complete with its own ideological governance and values – and incompatible with our own.
In building this architecture, the Chinese have turned to an unlikely freedom-loving technology: blockchain. It’s a word that baffles many people. But it’s simply a decentralised, digital network made up of blocks of data stored on nodes – and all our laptops could be nodes linked in a chain, which means we are all connected without censorship or interruption.
Part of the attraction of blockchain is supposed to be that it is a peer-to-peer system with no intermediaries and, crucially, no central power. But China plans to subvert that because the Chinese state would own the blockchain, and have its agents operating each node. The Chinese Communist party would have the power to monitor every communication in perpetuity.
See: China Says It Remains Open to the World, but Wants to Dictate Terms
The blockchain would become a superpowered tracking device and a warehouse of data on an unimaginable scale. How is Britain’s African cyberhub going to help prevent all that?
Any country signing up to China’s splinternet would almost certainly expose its people to the same levels of state control. For some leaders, that would be tolerated as a byproduct of China’s technological benevolence, as Beijing hands out free internet to Africa. To others, it would be welcomed as an opportunity to subjugate their own people.
It would, in effect, herald the beginning of a new cold war-style split, not between east and west, but between an open and free internet, and one used to control and oppress.
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Binance Under the Microscope: Former FBI Agent Discusses Possible Investigation of World’s Largest Crypto Exchange
Crowdfund Insider | | Jun 3, 2021
Last month it was widely reported that Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, was under investigation by US authorities. Both the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were said to be scrutinizing the activity of the digital marketplace. Binance quickly issued a statement indicating they take their legal obligations very seriously and have been collaborating with regulators and enforcement officials:
“We have worked hard to build a robust compliance program that incorporates anti-money laundering principles and tools used by financial institutions to detect and address suspicious activity,” stated the company.
Earlier this year, it was reported that the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was also looking into the Binance operations.
See: Binance has begun to block U.S. users from accessing its exchange platform
All of this arrives at a time of change in the US government as the Biden Administration takes over and new leadership steps in to guide policy and regulatory issues. The new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has mentioned on several occasions that he is concerned about the lack of regulatory oversight at crypto exchanges. This has lead to more discussions about new rules and possible enforcement actions.
Recently, Crowdfund Insider connected with Clark Frogley who spent ten years as a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent investigating issues like fraud and money laundering. After stints at big banks and other global firms like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, Frogley is now Head of Financial Crime Solutions at Quantexa – a deep data firm providing services to the financial industry. CI discussed the news of the Binance investigation and what may be in store for crypto exchanges going forward. Our discussion is below.
Binance has been operating for many years. What took authorities so long to investigate Binance?
Clark Frogley: Crypto exchanges and digital assets are still largely unregulated so the laws governing them are not always as clear-cut as law enforcement would like. The fact that an investigation was announced just means they are finally ready for it to be made public, not that they haven’t been investigating Binance or other exchanges for some time. Suspicions of wrongdoing prompt investigations all the time, but being able to prove wrongdoing is more difficult, especially if the laws are not clear. I would assume the investigation has been going on for years and has finally found enough information to move forward.
Binance has an office in Singapore but no defined HQ (as far as we know). Does this make it more difficult for regulators?
Clark Frogley: US regulators and law enforcement have never had much difficulty assuming jurisdiction even when the legitimacy of that claim was not clearly defined. The AML Act of 2020 also extends regulatory authority over all foreign branches of US financial institutions, so while the regulatory laws over Crypto are still not clearly defined at the federal level, anyone trading US-based commodities or assets will fall under US regulatory jurisdiction no matter where they are headquartered. Law Enforcement may not be able to levy the charges it would for a bank, but just like Al Capone was taken down for tax evasion, there are other laws on the books that might be used. It probably will not cause as much of a slowdown as Binance hopes it will.
See: Ontario regulator clamps down on Poloniex crypto exchange
Will this have any impact on Binance.us?
Clark Frogley: There has already been some impact on all the crypto exchanges as people pullback in the wake of the investigation. However, this is mostly going to be short-lived. Once a little time has passed and wrongdoing is announced or dismissed, the exchanges will grow.
If wrongdoing is found, I think Binance.us will struggle. They are smaller and offer nothing unique the other exchanges cannot offer. I think Binance was so popular because it was so large and diverse. For those looking for ways to hide illegal gains, anonymity in obscurity is a great asset. Legitimate traders found comfort in the diversity of the offerings and also some form of justification with so many others using the exchange.
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Texas Law Creates Legal Clarity For Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine | David Zell | May 27, 2021
The bill formally defines virtual currencies and offers individuals and businesses a clear legal environment for bitcoin investment.
State lawmakers in Austin, Texas have achieved a milestone in Bitcoin regulation as the state Senate passed House Bill 4474 this morning. The “Virtual Currency Bill” is now on its way to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk to be signed into law. Advocates of the bill expect swift action from the governor, who tweeted this March, “Count me in as a crypto law proposal supporter. It is increasingly being used for transactions and is beginning to go mainstream as an investment. Texas should lead on this.” If you are unaware of how to start an llc in texas, then consider checking out startmyllc website.
The new law creates much-needed legal clarity for Texas companies involved with bitcoin and digital assets. H.B 4474 amends Texas’s Uniform Commercial Code to include a definition of “virtual currency” and ensures that key business laws apply to cryptocurrencies. In an article for the National Law Review, Daryl Roberston and Patrick Boot write,
“The Virtual Currency Bill...provides a clear and concise framework for establishing ‘control’ over virtual currency…and clarifies that control can be established regardless of whether the power to control is shared with another person, a critical element in order for banks and other non-bank financial institutions to effectively provide custody services for virtual currencies.”
See: Expert Slams FinCEN Proposed Rules on Virtual Currency and Other Digital Assets as a Mistake and Lose-Lose
Robertson and Boot further note/state that
“the surgical approach taken by the Bill’s drafters...is a prudent step for a state like Texas…and provides the proper balance to allow the industry to continue maturing while leaving adequate room for additional regulatory changes in the future.”
The new law marks a major milestone for bitcoin’s transition into the mainstream.
By recognizing the legal status of virtual currencies, Texas will likely see an increase in bitcoin investors and businesses attracted to the certainty the new law provides. Christopher Calicott, a venture capitalist at Austin-based Trammell Venture Partners wrote this morning that the law “more strategically, tells the world Texas is welcoming and open for business to Bitcoin companies and investment — a very hospitable place for Bitcoin. For Texas, we believe the bill will lead to more capital investment in Texas, to more business formation and job creation, and to lower interest rates for consumers."
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Ontario regulator clamps down on Poloniex crypto exchange
The Toronto Star | | May 25, 2021
The Ontario Securities Commission fired a warning shot Tuesday across the bow of unlicensed exchanges selling cryptocurrency to Canadians, charging one of the largest with breaching Ontario securities regulations.
Poloniex, a Seychelles-based crypto exchange once owned by Goldman Sachs-backed start-up Circle, broke securities regulations by trading securities without registration, not complying with prospectus disclosure requirements, and engaging in activity “contrary to the public interest,” according to OSC investigators.
In its statement of allegations, the OSC said Poloniex was charged after ignoring an April 19 deadline to start discussions about how to comply with the rules. The crypto exchange didn’t return the Star’s messages seeking comment.
“Entities such as Poloniex, which flout this compliance process, expose Ontario investors to unacceptable risks and create an uneven playing field,”
said the statement of allegations, which called for up to $1 million in fines and trading bans for Poloniex.
See: CSA and IIROC Publish Guidance and Regulatory Framework for Crypto Asset Trading Platform Compliance
Poloniex is just one of thousands of online crypto exchanges where investors can buy and sell cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and dogecoin. It’s unclear how long Poloniex has been letting Canadian customers use its platform.
The crackdown is a move that investor advocates, lawyers, and finance experts say was urgently needed as more Canadians — including many unsophisticated investors — are putting their money at risk by tapping into the volatile investment craze.
“It’s a potential disaster for investors who frankly might not be sophisticated enough to understand the risks. This won’t be the last time regulators do something like this, either,”
said Matt Burgoyne, a partner at Calgary-based McLeod Law, who runs the firm’s cryptocurrency practice.
Andreas Park, a finance professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business, said cryptocurrencies are already a volatile investment, pointing to the fluctuations seen by the world’s best-known cryptocurrency bitcoin. Earlier this year, that digital currency rose higher than $63,000 U.S., but is now hovering just over $37,000. Throw in futures trading and borrowing, and it’s a potentially costly mix, said Park.
See: China’s latest crackdown on crypto caused by climate concerns
Tuesday’s move comes two months after the OSC issued a warning to cryptocurrency exchanges that they needed to follow securities regulations if they wanted to keep selling to Ontario investors. In their news release Tuesday, the OSC said 70 of the exchanges have since initiated “compliance” discussions with the OSC and other Canadian regulators. Just one exchange — controlled by online brokerage Wealthsimple — has come up with a full compliance plan blessed by the OSC.
The OSC has scheduled an initial hearing into the allegations June 18, but a full “hearing on the merits” — the regulatory equivalent of a trial — might not come for months. After a full hearing, a panel of OSC commissioners would rule on the allegations, and potentially levy penalties. Poloniex could also reach a settlement agreement with the OSC.
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