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On July 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared nine registration statements effective under the Securities Act of 1933 for spot Ether ETFs, clearing the way for the ETFs to begin trading on July 23....more
On July 10, the Chairman of the CFTC, Rostin Behnam, testified before a U.S. Senate Committee and urged Congress to enact legislation to create a federal regulatory framework for digital assets. Courts have affirmed that...more
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The Law Commission of England and Wales has, for the last four years, been heavily focussed on addressing the legal issues that arise in the context of emerging technologies. It has now started work on a new project to...more
On August 29, 2023, the IRS issued proposed crypto reporting regulations (the “Proposed Regulations”), which we discussed in detail here. The Proposed Regulations build on the 2021 changes to the Internal Revenue Code that...more
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