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Crypto Asset Investigations: Key Considerations and Pitfalls

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Crypto assets are some of the most rapidly evolving and increasingly adopted assets in the world. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is emerging as a blockchain-based alternative to traditional banking and financial services and...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

CFTC Wades into DeFi Enforcement Again

Last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced settled charges against three decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols for various registration and related violations under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

[Webinar] Are Legal Teams Ready for Web3? Exploring Potential Disruptions for Legal Practitioners and Digital Forensics...

This session will cover: - A brief history of Bitcoin and distributed ledger technology - NFTs and Web3: potential changes in the data landscape - Connected worlds: XR, gaming and the metaverse - Collections and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DOJ and IRS’ Analysis of Crypto Records and Work with Private Experts and International Partners Leads to Arrest

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US law enforcement continues to make no secret of their efforts to work closely with experts and overseas partners to prosecute those involved in virtual currency transactions who attempt to rely on its purported anonymity to...more

The Volkov Law Group

CFTC Opens Inquiry into Binance, One of the World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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On Friday March 12, Bloomberg News reported that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has opened an inquiry into Binance Holdings Ltd. (“Binance”) to investigate allegations that the exchange allowed US citizens...more

Dechert LLP

OFAC Action Against BitPay, Inc. Demonstrates Focus on Digital Currency Industry and Effective Sanctions Screening

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Key Takeaways - Because digital currencies allow for high-value transactions outside of the traditional U.S. banking system, OFAC has rigorously investigated whether digital currency service businesses may be facilitating...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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One might think that Tesla shareholders would be thrilled with yesterday’s news that Elon’s car-making arm has surpassed even GM in market value. True, perhaps, but only to a point. Turns out that Tesla’s recent surge has...more

Perkins Coie

New York Federal Prosecutor Intensifies Scrutiny of Illegal Bitcoin Activity

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The U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, has issued several recent statements signaling a steady pursuit of criminal conduct related to bitcoin. First, on Thursday, November 6, 2014, Trendon...more

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