Crypto Firms Announce Initiatives in Payments, Mining, DAOs and More - Recent reports provided details on new developments across the cryptocurrency market...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates these stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more
Financial Services Firms Expand Cryptocurrency Custody Services - According to recent reports, the cryptocurrency custody arm of a major international bank has launched its institutional cryptocurrency custody services in...more
On 14 September 2022, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on considerations in the digital assets space. K2 Integrity Board Member Christopher Brummer and AML/CFT experts Mariano Federici and Alex Levitov discussed the current...more
US Developments - US Federal Regulatory Developments - Congress Circulates Draft Legislations Calling For a “Digital Dollar” Payment System - On or around March 23, 2020, members of the U.S. House of...more
U.S. Developments – Regulatory - U.S. Treasury Foreshadows “Significant New Requirements” - In testimony before the Senate on Wednesday, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin eluded to new regulation. Mnuchin said...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has issued a statement confirming that it is possible, depending on their structure, for stablecoins to fall within the scope of securities market regulation. IOSCO has...more
Last week, a Canada-based social media company was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for purportedly conducting an unregistered securities offering to United States persons in connection with an initial coin...more
1 February - The European Commission ("EC") launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum in order to highlight key developments of blockchain technology, promote and reinforce European engagement with multiple...more
A compact summary of the most recent regulatory developments relevant to the UK asset management industry. This issue includes details of the situation for financial services rules and regulations during the Brexit...more
CFTC Indicates Willingness to Help Incubate Fintech - On February 21, 2017, J. Christopher Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), has diverged from other U.S. federal...more