Policy Event Β· Medium impact

NYAG Uphold Settlement Raises Crypto Yield Promotion Controls

The New York Attorney General secured more than $5 million from Uphold over its promotion of CredEarn, finding the platform misled customers about a third-party crypto yield product and operated without required New York broker registration. The settlement reinforces state-level scrutiny of crypto yield marketing, due diligence and retail investor disclosures.

Medium impactπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United StatesEnforcementRegulationNew York Attorney GeneralUphold

APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Named institutions or platforms: New York Attorney General, Uphold. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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AUSTRAC and the Philippines Anti-Money Laundering Council delivered a Cryptocurrency Tracing Course in Manila to strengthen illicit-flow tracing capabilities. The program signals deeper APAC supervisory cooperation around exchange records, blockchain analytics and suspicious-transaction evidence.

Medium impactπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί AustraliaπŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ PhilippinesAMLEnforcement