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Blockchain Considerations for Litigation and Investigations

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More organizations continue to adopt blockchain technologies. According to Grand View Research, the global blockchain technology market value was estimated at 10.02 billion in 2022. Analysts forecast a compound annual growth...more

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SEC’s ATS Re-proposal Doubles Down on DeFi and Digital Asset Regulation

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In April 2023, the SEC re-proposed amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 to expand the definition of what it means to be an exchange. When the SEC initially proposed these amendments in January 2022, there were zero direct...more

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COSO to issue guidance on blockchain technology

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 1 (January 9, 2020) - The influential risk management and standards advisory organization, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), will address...more

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Among an Array of 2020 Examination Priorities, SEC Signals Continued Interest in Cryptocurrency

On January 7, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its 2020 examination priorities. The majority of OCIE’s priorities for the coming year...more

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Blockchain Holds Potential to Improve and Streamline Compliance

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Even as the value of bitcoin plunged from a high of $20,000 in late 2017 to about $4,000 in late February 2019, according to Bloomberg, interest in the technology behind it grew. Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology...more

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Real-World Applications of Blockchain to Compliance (Part II of II)

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The financial industry has embraced the future of blockchain technology. And for good reason. As a regulated industry that is required to provide regulators with large amounts of financial data, blockchain can make that...more

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The Revolution of Blockchain and Compliance (Part I of II)

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I am not one to engage in hyperbole. But when it comes to blockchain technology and the implications for our economy, this is going to be the real deal. In the world of ethics and compliance, blockchain has many possible...more

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Drawing Legal Lines in Cryptocurrency Regulation: The Importance of Decentralization

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The cryptocurrency market is exciting to watch. Based on the revolutionary blockchain distributed ledger system, cryptocurrencies have exploded on the marketplace. As with any new “gold rush” to hit a market, cryptocurrency...more

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Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and Ponzi Schemes

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When you read and learn about cryptocurrencies (e.g. Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum), there are some commentators, politicians and others who characterize cryptocurrencies as a “Ponzi” scheme....more

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The SEC Targets ICOs for Enforcement

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I am always amazed at how “business” entrepreneurs ignore enforcement risks in the face of specific warnings from regulators.  The SEC and the CFTC have made it clear to the emerging initial coin offering (ICO) and...more

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From the Mummy’s Tomb to the Mummy’s Ghost to Professional Development

Too often your learning goals suffer because you are too busy or too tired to even think about it. Or because you have no time and have other obligations. Yet there is no job, particularly the compliance profession, in which...more

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Blockchain and the Future of Compliance

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At a recent conference of the high-tech industry, an IBM representative provided a presentation on blockchain technology and the application to compliance programs. It was a fascinating presentation. Maybe I am coming to the...more

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“The Future is Now” — Compliance and Technology

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This posting is not a “pie in the sky” outline of compliance in the future, when technology works seamlessly with compliance functions. My focus today is on what is happening now in the compliance world when it comes to...more

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Self-Sovereign Identity and Distributed Ledger Technology : Framing the Legal Issues

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Purpose - Distributed ledger technology (“DLT”), including the use of blockchain technology, has been touted as a way to create and validate digital identities that serve many of the same purposes that physical forms of...more

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