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Allen Matkins

California Court Upholds Daily Transaction Limits On Bitcoin ATMs

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A year ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills,  Assembly Bill 39 and Senate Bill 401, that created the California Digital Financial Assets Law.  SB 401 added Section 3902 to the Financial Code to prohibit an operator of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Banco de la República analiza beneficios y riesgos de emitir una moneda digital en Colombia

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Con una visión estratégica sobre el futuro del sistema financiero colombiano, el Banco de la República ha publicado un análisis exhaustivo de los beneficios y riesgos asociados a la emisión de una moneda digital de banco...more

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New Amendments to the UAE Banking Law: Enhancing Efficiency and Stability

In recent years, the UAE has continuously updated its legal framework to enhance regulatory oversight and adapt to global financial trends. One significant development is the amended Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the...more

Mayer Brown

Labour's Plans for Financial Services Regulation: What We Know

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Labour have won the general election, with a landslide victory of 412 seats. We address the question for financial services firms: what are their regulatory plans for financial services? Although their election manifesto was...more

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Navigating New Rules: Challenges for Investors and Banks in UAE Banking Law Amendments

The Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the Central Bank and the Organisation of Financial Institutions and Activities, along with its recent amendments outlined in Federal Decree-Law No. 54/2023, has introduced significant...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery - April 25th - 26th, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery – London conference, the premier gathering for the Digital Asset Fraud community! Stay ahead in this dynamic field by joining C5 in London to delve...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Blockchain Analysis and Related Expert Testimony Admissible In Criminal Trial

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It is challenging for law enforcement to track down and trace illicit activities conducted through digital currencies. The process can be very time- and resource-intensive. Further, securing charges and arrests, and...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - March 2024 #2

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Financial Institutions Add Bitcoin ETFs, Crypto Product Integrations Continue - According to recent reports, two major U.S. financial institutions have begun offering spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to their...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 19: Keeping Regulatory Pace in a Global Digital Economy with John Gulliver

John Gulliver — the Executive Director of the Program on International Financial Systems and the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation — joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton for a conversation about the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance - April 8th, New York, NY

The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Florida Regulator Clarifies Money Transmitter Licensing Exemptions (or lack thereof)

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Among the many state licenses that can impact financial services companies, money transmitter licensing can be among the harder to figure out. In addition to uncertainties about digital currency and developing technologies,...more

Troutman Pepper

FinCEN to Shed Light on Illicit Use of Virtual Currency Mixing Through Enhanced Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that identifies international convertible virtual currency mixing as a class of...more

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Treasury Department Takes Aim at Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing

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The Treasury Department has recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under the Bank Secrecy Act regarding the reporting of convertible virtual currency (“CVC”) mixing....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?

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Our special guest is Professor Dan Awrey of Cornell Law School. In July 2023, the Federal Reserve launched FedNow, its instant payments system. After reviewing what FedNow is (and is not), we discuss FedNow’s design features...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Two New Rulings from the SDNY with Mixed Messages for Crypto: Potential Implications for Regulation of the Crypto Industry

A pair of recent rulings from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) have potentially increased confusion around the regulatory status of crypto asset regulation—but may also provide some interesting signs of what’s to...more

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SEC Requests Leave to Appeal in Ripple Labs

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On August 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres requesting leave to file an interlocutory appeal in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc. as to the two adverse liability...more

A&O Shearman

Legal hot takes – the ECB’s Digital Euro

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The Digital Euro project is the European Central Bank’s (ECB) response to the changing landscape of consumer payments, driven by the rise of cryptocurrency, payment fintechs and electronic transactions. A Digital Euro would...more

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A Few Things to Know About FedNow and Digital Currency

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The Federal Reserve is set to launch its FedNow service on July 1, 2023. Since this service was first announced in 2019, it has generated significant discussion about financial privacy, digital banking and central bank...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, V 4, Issue 1, June 2023

CFPB - Regulators Take Aim at AI to Protect Consumers and Workers - “In the past year, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau said it has fined banks over mismanaged automated systems that resulted in wrongful home...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 13th West Coast Forum on FCPA Enforcement and Compliance - June 14th - 15th, San Francisco, CA

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 13th West Coast Forum on FCPA Enforcement and Compliance returns for another exciting year, providing the opportunity to connect with decision-makers from your industry, gather...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Settles with Crypto Company, Proposes Crypto Legislation

On May 1, NYDFS settled with a cryptocurrency trading platform over the company’s cybersecurity deficiencies, resulting in a consent order and $1.2 million fine for the crypto company. NYDFS alleged “multiple deficiencies in...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

The Federal Reserve’s Rejection of SPDI Custodia Bank’s Applications

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On January 27, 2023, the Federal Reserve rejected Custodia’s August 2021 application to be a Federal Reserve member bank. On the same day, the Kansas City Federal Reserve denied Custodia’s October 2020 application for a...more

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A New “Operation Choke Point”? The Quickly Changing Rules on Crypto Activities for Member Banks

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In an effort to align the permissibility of crypto activities for all member banks of the Federal Reserve System (the "FRS", which includes all national banks and state member banks), the Board of Governors of the Federal...more

A&O Shearman

Bank of England Publishes Consultation Paper on Digital Pound

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The Bank of England has published a joint consultation paper with HM Treasury on the possibility of a digital pound in the U.K. It is envisaged that the digital pound would be a retail central bank digital currency, to be...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?

Following the recently introduced Solvency UK for insurers, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (the UK finance minister) has announced the Edinburgh Reforms, a further series of reforms aimed at the UK financial...more

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