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Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright’s ‘FinTech Pulse’ podcast explores the latest global news, regulatory developments, trends and hot topics in the Fintech sector. Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm and with lawyers on the ground in many of the major and emerging FinTech centres, we have our finger on the pulse. We will be joined by leading industry experts from around the world to discuss their insights on everything FinTech from crypto assets and open banking to AI and blockchain, with special feature editions on InsurTech and the payments landscape.
Join host Julie Frizzarin and regulatory expert Hannah Meakin for their latest whistle-stop tour around the globe digesting June's most important digital‑asset regulatory developments. Topics include:
* UK crypto regulation moves a step closer as the FCA publishes final rules and guidance.
* Major developments in UK stablecoin regulation from the House of Lords and the Bank of England.
* The end of MiCA's transitional period and what it means for firms operating in Europe.
* The latest developments in US crypto regulation and DeFi.
* ASIC extends its no-action position for certain digital asset businesses in Australia.
* Continued momentum for tokenisation in the UAE, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Ben Davis, CEO and Co-Founder of Native joins Tim Chan to unpack what Australia’s new digital assets licensing regime means in practice for insurance. They explore the cover digital asset platforms will need, how insurers are approaching crypto risk, and whether new licensing rules are helping or complicating insurability. From billion-dollar hacks to global regulatory lessons, this episode explores the risks, the realities, and where the market is heading next.
In this special edition of Fintech Pulse, Sean Murphy and Hannah Meakin are joined by Coinbase UK CEO Keith Grose to explore how the digital assets market is evolving in practice. They discuss the rapid growth of stablecoins, the emergence of tokenised financial assets, and the rise of agentic payments. Keith also shares how Coinbase has evolved into a full-stack platform spanning retail, institutional and developer services, as well as why the UK remains a strategically critical market. In this episode:* Why stablecoins are scaling rapidly and reshaping payments * Real-world progress in tokenisation (starting with debt markets) * What agentic AI means for payments and commerce * Coinbase’s evolution beyond a retail exchange * The UK’s regulatory direction and global position * What the next 3–5 years could look like for digital assets
Join host Julie Frizzarin and regulatory expert Hannah Meakin for a round up of April's most significant crypto regulatory developments.
They cover what’s changed, and what it means in practice across the UK, US, UAE, Europe, Singapore, Australia and Canada, including:
• where regulatory expectations are tightening,
• key licensing and implementation timelines, and
• the latest stablecoin, market structure and tokenisation developments.
A concise, digestible update for anyone navigating the evolving global crypto regulatory landscape.
Join host Julie Frizzarin and regulatory expert Hannah Meakin for their latest update on the most important digital‑asset regulatory developments across the UK, EU, US, UAE, Asia and Australia.
In under 10 minutes, we break down the policy shifts, regulatory deadlines and supervisory priorities that matter most for firms preparing for the next phase of crypto regulation.
Sean Murphy and Andrew Lom break down the latest SEC and CFTC landmark crypto guidance, highlighting its implications for token classifications, staking, airdrops and investment contract analysis. A clear, expert look at how evolving guidance is shaping the market.
In this month's FinTech Pulse, Julie Frizzarin sits down with Hannah Meakin to unpack the most significant digital‑asset regulatory developments around the globe from February 2026, covering: ⚖️ The UK’s new crypto perimeter
🪙 Fresh US policy shifts on stablecoins & tokenisation
🏦 The UAE’s launch of DDSC
📊 Europe’s next steps post‑MiCA
🌐 IOSCO’s priorities for global standard‑setting
If you work in digital assets, this is your 10‑minute essential briefing.
In our latest FinTech Pulse podcast in our ‘Understanding tokenization’ series, we explore the challenges and risks that organizations encounter when implementing tokenization projects. We delve into issues such as regulatory compliance, aligning with governance frameworks, and how these challenges can vary based on where the security is created. Join us for an insightful discussion on navigating the complexities of tokenization.
In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, host Sean Murphy, Global Head of FinTech is joined by Hannah Meakin, Head of FinTech Regulation in the UK, to unpack the evolving UK crypto regulatory landscape and what the new government’s plans are going to mean for the industry. They delve into stablecoin regulation, the Treasury's approach to staking services, the new digital securities sandbox and anticipated timelines for implementing a comprehensive regulatory framework.
In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, host Sean Murphy is joined by Paul Hsu, founder and CEO of Decasonic - an early stage venture and digital assets fund - to dive into his perspectives on the evolving tech landscape, the potential of blockchain, and what’s next for Web3 innovation.
In the latest FinTech Pulse podcast in our ‘Understanding Tokenization’ series, our lawyers Lee Pascoe (Melbourne) and Eric Daucher (New York) dive into the groundbreaking intersection of tokenization and insolvency. Traditionally, bankruptcy is a slow process for creditors, but today, tokenized assets are transforming recovery timelines. Eric explores how tokenization is being used in Chapter 11 cases in the US, while Lee discusses innovative approaches for digitizing claims and trading them in secondary markets. Tune in to learn how tokenization is reshaping the future of creditor recovery and insolvency proceedings.
In the latest FinTech Pulse podcast in our ‘Understanding Tokenization’ series, we are joined by Luc Falempin, CEO of Tokeny - the enterprise-grade tokenization platform - to explore how tokenization could revolutionize the future of funds. Alongside Luc, our FinTech lawyers also share their insights from key financial hubs across the globe. Tune in for a deep dive into fund tokenization and its potential to transform the industry.
In our latest FinTech Pulse podcast in our ‘Understanding tokenization’ series, we discuss how asset-backed tokens may be used in relation to real world assets. We explore some use cases as well as legal considerations involved in tokenizing hard assets and considerations that investors and issuers might want to bear in mind.
In our latest FinTech Pulse podcast in our ‘Understanding tokenization’ series, we explore how tokenization is impacting liquidity in markets that were once considered illiquid and how collateral management is evolving in this new digital ecosystem.
In this latest episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, our lawyers from the US, Europe and Asia discuss the implications of the SEC’s recent approval of Bitcoin ETFs in the US, explore the various FinTech and crypto asset legislations on the horizon across the EU in 2024 and drill down into the regulatory developments and frameworks expected to be implemented in relation to stablecoins this year.
In our latest special edition FinTech Pulse podcast, our US lawyers discuss the federal regulators’ significant uptick in regulatory enforcement activityincluding against Coinbase, Binance and Beaxy Exchange, and what it may signal about the evolving landscape for digital assets.
In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, lawyers Victoria Birch (co-head of payments) and Michael Sinclair (knowledge director, FinTech) are joined by Kevin Hayden, commercial director at Crossflow Payments to discuss supply chain finance, exploring why it’s relevant at this stage in the economic cycle, the different models, how it’s being automated with new technologies and the associated risks and benefits, and how it might evolve over the next 10 years.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, our lawyers from Australia, Europe, Canada, the US, Middle East and UK share their thoughts and predictions for 2023 on crypto and FinTech regulation and litigation, M&A and investments, NFT's, Web 3 and the Metaverse.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright we discuss increasing regulatory scrutiny of the buy now pay later sector in the US, the key takeaways from the UK Law Commission’s consultation paper on the future of digital assets, the upcoming regulation of crypto-assets in Europe and a new initiative in Hong Kong to connect local corporates and investors with global FinTech companies to boost the growth and adoption of FinTech in Asia.
In this special edition of FinTech Pulse Podcast, co-heads of Norton Rose Fulbright’s Technology Consulting practice - Madeleine Bailey and Professor Peter McBurney - are joined by Alex de Vries, founder of Digiconomist and researcher at Vrije University’s School of Business and Economics in Amsterdam on the sustainability of crypto assets. Alex plays a major role in the global discussion regarding the sustainability of cryptocurrencies and blockchain and their energy consumption, and joins the podcast to discuss this hot topic.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright we discuss the regulation of FinFluencers, the use of blockchain, smart contracts, crypto, token offerings and NFTs in securitization, regulatory developments in the Hong Kong crypto space, FinTech developments in the French market, crypto lending and the use of crypto assets as collateral, and the growing interest in crypto asset funds in the German market.
In our latest FinTech special edition podcast our lawyers from London and New York provide a deep dive into the Terra Luna collapse, exploring what happened, why it matters, and a brief 101 on stablecoins.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we discuss: BlockFi Lending’s recent $100m fine imposed by the SEC and what it means for the future of crypto products; the potential impact on the FinTech sector of the UK’s new National Security and Investment (NSI) regime; the FinTech landscape and current status of crypto regulation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); and, a recent investigation by the UK law commission into how the current law of contract applies to smart legal contracts.
In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, our lawyers discuss how crypto assets are regulated in various jurisdictions around the globe. We hear from Etelka Bogardi in Hong Kong, Jeremy Wickens in Australia, Glen Barrentine in the US, Albert Weatherill in the UK and Nikolai de Koning in the Netherlands.
In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse Podcast, Sean Murphy is joined by Sandra Ro, CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council, FinTech entrepreneur, angel investor and former executive director of digitization at CME Group, to discuss the latest FinTech trends and her 2022 predictions for NFTs, Web 3.0, CBDCs and the regulatory landscape.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we provide an update on the Financial Action Task Force’s new travel rule and its impact on virtual assets and VASPs in the UK and the EU, FATF’s recent guidance in the US on virtual assets, as well as the Stablecoin Report recently issued by the US President’s Working Group and we explore how the changes to the copyright act in Singapore will benefit the FinTech sector, in particular in relation to data mining.
In this special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, our FinTech lawyers discuss trends, challenges and tips that Asian FinTechs should consider when looking to expand by way of acquisition into Europe and the US.
In this latest InsurTech special edition of Norton Rose Fulbright’s FinTech Pulse podcast, Madeleine Bailey and Peter McBurney (co-hosts of Technology Consulting NRF) are joined by James Croome, Fine Art and Specie Underwriter at Arch Insurance to discuss digital assets and cryptocurrencies in the insurance sector. They explore the risk management protocols and assessments for cryptocurrency cover, the viability of insuring the custody of private keys, and the future evolution of the cryptocurrency insurance market.
In this special InsurTech edition, Tim Chan (Associate, Sydney) is joined by René Papesch, Co-Founder and CTO of Riskwolf. René and Tim discuss how parametric products are being applied to emerging risks in the digital economy. We explore the nature of connectivity risks in light of recent high profile outages and the insurance industry’s progress towards insuring such losses. We also discuss how parametric products can bridge protection gaps in a world which has never been more connected.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we provide an update on the latest crypto clampdown in China and what it means for crypto service providers operating in China, as well as offshore service providers, explore the US payments landscape, discuss recent crypto regulatory developments in South Africa, talk about the key takeaways from our recent global survey on liability schemes in outsourcing and technology contracts, and provide an update on the recent developments in Chinese data protection regulations.
In this special InsurTech edition, Tim Chan (Associate, Sydney) is joined by Brenton Charnley, CEO (Australia and New Zealand) at TrueLayer. TrueLayer is a global open banking platform with customers across Europe, the UK, and Australia. Brenton shares his experience and insights into open finance – how it is relevant for the insurance industry as well as the roll out of Australia’s consumer data right which could enable open insurance. We also explore potential use cases and some ethical challenges which could arise from open insurance.
In this special edition of FinTech Pulse, we are joined by Chase Lochmiller, CEO of Crusoe Energy to discuss the greening of Bitcoin mining. Crusoe is pioneering an environmentally friendly way to deal with the energy footprint of Bitcoin mining by capturing flared gas from oil and gas fields - through its patented digital flare mitigation systems - to power crypto mining operations. We also discuss the latest developments on the crackdown on cryptocurrencies and bitcoin mining operations in China, the current attitude of the US government towards bitcoin miners and how cryptocurrencies are regulated in the US.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we explore the concept of the Metaverse and the potential legal and regulatory issues which could arise, discuss the intellectual property and licencing considerations relating to NFTs, and explain the latest development in Chinese data protection regulations.
In this special edition of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, our lawyers from London and South Africa discuss the African payments landscape, exploring why mobile payments have been so successful, the regulatory landscape supporting payments, why it is an attractive market for payments and telecoms companies and what the future holds.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, we explore NFTs, hear about the state of the Mexican FinTech and crypto markets, discuss the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority recent announcement regarding Binance’s activities in the UK, find out how regulatory reforms are impacting the UK’s landscape and learn about a recent judgement of the German Federal Court of Justice on standard amendment clauses.
In this special edition of FinTech Pulse from Norton Rose Fulbright, Madeline Bailey, co-head of Technology consulting at Norton Rose Fulbright is joined by one of the most influential women in European InsurTech, Parul Green, Board member of Insurtech Board, HM Treasury and Chief of Staff, APAC and Europe at AXA XL, to discuss the state of all things innovation and InsurTech in the Insurance sector. They discuss topics ranging from the trends in insurance that are driving technology innovation and interest in Insurtech, progress with diversity and inclusion, and how insurers are reacting to the threat of disruption, to the pivotal technologies that are enabling insurers to better respond to the changing nature of risk and the ethics of AI.
In this special edition of FinTech Pulse from Norton Rose Fulbright, members of our global FinTech regulation team compare notes on their jurisdictions’ approaches to crypto-custody and the use of crypto-assets as collateral, in particular:
•How the law in various jurisdictions categorises crypto-assets and what does that mean for their custody?
•Do you need a regulatory licence to hold crypto-assets and what types of licence are possible?
•Are there any key rules that apply to crypto-custodians in the various countries?
•What are the key issues on using crypto-assets as collateral?
•What issues might arise when providing a crypto-custody service cross border to clients in multiple jurisdictions?
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from Norton Rose Fulbright, we interview Tim Chapman from Elliptic on the tracing of cryptocurrencies, particularly in the context of disputes and investigations, we discuss the recent significant developments in the crypto space in Hong Kong and China, as well as the crackdown on embedded finance, we discuss the FinTech landscape in Germany and provide an update on the UK Law Commission’s crypto asset consultation.
In this month’s episode of FinTech Pulse from Norton Rose Fulbright, we discuss the potential impact of the recently proposed European AI regulation, the increasing use of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in the FinTech sector and why a SPAC might be a viable alternative to a IPO, and finally what makes the UK an attractive market for FinTechs to expand into and the related regulatory considerations.
Welcome to the first episode of FinTech Pulse. This month we’re joined by Philippa Martinelli, FinTech advisor to the UK Department for International Trade to discuss the Kalifa review, and Don Tapscott, CEO of the US Blockchain Research Institute to talk about the report he co-authored making recommendations on the future digital strategy of the US for the Biden-Harris administration. We’ll also be exploring regulatory trends relating to registering cryptoasset businesses, and the future of cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies in China.