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Guernsey crypto firm hires Chief Legal Officer

Sue Fitzgerald — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:20:37 +0000

CThru Intel, a Guernsey digital assets risk and compliance firm, have announced their hire of digital assets lawyer Steve Moore as their in-house Chief Legal Officer. Steve (pictured), who took a leading role in establishing the Channel Islands and Caribbean digital assets offering at Collas Crill, joins founders Albert Climent and Jamie Winterburn to aid […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 18 December 2025 at 09:20 GMT.

Guernsey Financial Services Commission supports growth with digital finance

Tim Bullock — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:33:31 +0000

Guernsey Financial Services Commission has launched its Digital Finance Consultation Paper, setting out measures to support the adoption of digital finance across the Bailiwick’s financial services sectors. The consultation seeks to provide clarity on the regulatory treatment of emerging technologies and proposes targeted amendments to open up the Bailiwick of Guernsey’s Virtual Asset Service Provider […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 11 December 2025 at 09:33 GMT.

Alderney presents economic vision at leading Bitcoin conference

Sue Fitzgerald — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:30:10 +0000

Alderney leaders have outlined new economic opportunities at a major European Bitcoin conference. In a bid to open and explore new avenues of economic growth and broaden career horizons on Alderney and in the wider Bailiwick, Members of the Economic Development Committee (EDC), Edward Hill and Jeannie Cameron have travelled to the Netherlands to present […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 5 December 2025 at 09:30 GMT.

Asset tokenisation and initial coin/token offerings guidance published by JFSC

Tim Bullock — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:00:25 +0000

The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has published new guidance in response to the growing trend of asset tokenisation. The JFSC said: “They recognise the innovative potential of blockchain technology and the benefits that tokenisation can facilitate for the finance industry, such as liquidity, accessibility and transparency. “We monitor global regulatory developments in this space […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 28 August 2024 at 16:00 GMT.

Bitcoin fund launch supported by Carey Olsen and Oakbridge

Tim Bullock — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:31:07 +0000

Carey Olsen and Oakbridge Funds have recently assisted the Singapore investment manager Fintonia Group on the launch of their bitcoin-focused fund. Fintonia Bitcoin Physical Fund (Jersey) Limited is a Jersey Private Fund and sub-fund of Fintonia Liquid Funds VCC, a Singapore domiciled variable capital company. The fund’s investment strategy is to provide investors long-only exposure […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 8 December 2021 at 09:31 GMT.

Collas Crill advises on authorisation of world’s first tier one Bitcoin ETF

Tim Bullock — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:20:31 +0000

Collas Crill lawyers Wayne Atkinson and Gareth Morgan have acted as counsel to Jacobi Investment Funds PCC Limited on the approval process for Jacobi Bitcoin ETF, the world’s first tier one Bitcoin ETF (exchange traded fund). The Jacobi Bitcoin ETF has been authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as an open-ended Class B collective […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 18 October 2021 at 09:20 GMT.

Watch: NFTs and the opportunities for Jersey

Tim Bullock — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:53:40 +0000

In the first of our series focusing on NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), we meet Francesco Vincenti, NFT creator. We find out what an NFT is and the opportunities for NFTs in Jersey. NFTs – Non-Fungible Tokens – What is an NFT? An NFT (Non-Fungible Token) is a digital item that can exist on the internet and specifically […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 30 September 2021 at 17:53 GMT.

Carey Olsen advises CoinShares on launch of exchange-traded Bitcoin product

Reece Mackie — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:14:44 +0000

Carey Olsen’s Jersey corporate team has advised CoinShares on the establishment of its new institutional-grade cryptocurrency-backed exchange traded product (ETP). CoinShares Physical Bitcoin (Ticker: BITC), launched on 19 January with US$200M in AUM, and is the first CoinShares product to be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The ETP programme is operated by CoinShares Digital […]

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First published by Channel Eye on 25 January 2021 at 15:14 GMT.