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Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Digital Currency

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

On the Money: Changes to the UCC’s Definition of Money – UCC 1–201(b)(24) – Part Three

The following article is part three of our series on the 2022 Amendments to the UCC. Please read the first two articles for context. I am going to get right to the point here – the reason that the definition of money has been...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Uniform Commercial Code Amendments on Digital Assets: Where Do Things Stand?

Delaware recently joined nine states in approving changes to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) involving digital assets. Another 15 states and Washington, D.C. are considering the changes. The Uniform Law Commission urged...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Who Owns Crypto Assets? Know the Risks

Until recently, the nature of ownership of assets on deposit with a third party was not controversial. If a local bank branch goes bankrupt, the cash or other assets deposited with the bank belonged to individual...more

Paul Hastings LLP

How Would You Like to Pay? The Risks of Lending to Borrowers Who are Paid in Crypto

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As the adoption of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange continues to expand within our economy, more and more companies are now accepting payment in digital currencies from their customers. Today you can use...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Securing the Digital Bag: Newly Promulgated UCC Article 12 and Amendments to UCC Article 9 Provide Guidance on Ownership of and...

Notwithstanding recent turbulence in the cryptocurrency markets, digital assets of all types are seemingly here to stay. Bitcoin, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens a/k/a NFTs, and even digital currency exchanged in the...more

Polsinelli

Court Rules that Earn Account Assets are Property of the Debtor: Celsius Bankruptcy Case: January 13, 2023

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Court rules that Earn Account Cryptocurrency is owned by Debtors and will not be returned - In our latest Bitblog update regarding the Celsius Network LLC, et al. (the “Debtors”) bankruptcy proceeding (Case No. Number:...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Crypto Contagion

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Cryptocurrency had a market cap of $10 million in early 2011; it rocketed to nearly $3 trillion in February 2022 and is now down to about $1.1 trillion today. Some of this year's more notable gyrations in crypto's fall from...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2020 #3

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U.S. Developments - Federal and State Regulatory Developments - Bill in Hawaii State Senate Addresses Digital Assets Including Authorization for Banks to Serve as Qualified Custodians - SB 2594 before the Hawaii...more

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Can I Secure a Loan with Bitcoin? Part III

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In my previous articles, I discussed the challenges of using Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") to create and perfect a security interest in virtual currency like Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin. I also discussed...more

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Can I Secure A Loan with Bitcoin? Part II

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In my previous article, I discussed the challenges of using Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") to create and perfect a security interest in virtual currency like Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin. (I use...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

A Proposed Statutory Framework for State Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses: The Uniform Law Commission’s “Uniform...

Last July, the Uniform Law Commission completed a uniform model state law, known as the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act (“URVCBA” or the “Act”) (Steve Weise participated in the preparation of the Act)....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Will Blockchain Render the Bill of Lading a Relic?

A bill of lading is an old form of legal document. As merchants in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries ceased accompanying their goods on ships and entrusted their proper delivery to the carrier, a need arose for a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Primer on the Draft Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act

The Uniform Law Commission is set to vote on a draft Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act at its upcoming annual meeting in San Diego beginning on July 14th. As numerous states and federal regulators have...more

Stinson LLP

Lending Risks Associated with Virtual Currencies

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The use of virtual currencies, which seemed novel just three years ago, continues to increase and gain momentum with consumers and in various business channels. As this use continues to expand, lenders may increasingly...more

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