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Andrew Zammit of GVZH Advocates looks at the coming wave of legislation currently in bill form before the Maltese government that will to set out a framework for virtual currencies and initial coin offerings

Benedikt Maurenbrecher, Daniel Haeberli and Urs Meier of Homburger look at Swiss regulatory breakthroughs for initial coin offerings and other fintech structures

Joon Young Kim, Seung Jae Yoo and Bomi Chen, from Kim & Chang provide an overview of regulations for distributed ledger technoloy, blockchain and smart contracts

Nadim Bardawil of DIFC-headquartered BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates weighs up incubator programmes and legislative pressures chasing fintech development

Hyun Koo Kang and Yongsoo Yoon of Lee & Ko provide an overview of the Korean government’s interventionist stance

Soonghee Lee and Jae Ryun Cho from Yoon & Yang analyse new Financial Services Commission guidelines implemented in January 2018 that aim to regulate cryptocurrencies and anti-money laundering

Jake Robson and Nick Davies from the Singapore office of Morrison & Foerster LLP, highlight how joint ventures or strategic M&A can often be the most effective way to roll out and scale up a fintech product offering in multiple jurisdictions in southeast Asia

Yuri Suzuki and Takafumi Ochiai of Atsumi & Sakai look at efforts made by the financial and tax regulator to tackle digital currencies