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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

Financial Services: What’s Next Under the Biden Administration?

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/9/2021

Pillsbury partner and Public Policy group leader Elizabeth Vella Moeller recently sat down with Matthew McGuire, former Executive Director of the World Bank under President Obama, to discuss the Biden administration’s...more

Blockchain Week in Review - July 2018

Perkins Coie on 7/16/2018

The following update is on our Fintech Legal Report: FINRA Issues a Regulatory Notice for Firms to Let FINRA Know About Digital Asset Activities - U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - Vermont Enacts...more

As Digital Currency Spreads, So Does its Global Regulation: India and Australia Enter the Fray

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/23/2017

As digital currency becomes more ubiquitous, state and federal regulators across the United States, as well as regulators in many other countries, are examining how existing regulatory structures need to be adapted to account...more

Blockchain Week in Review – May 2017 #4

Perkins Coie on 5/30/2017

Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

Governments Change Their Minds, Too

Goodwin on 2/10/2016

In a span of two years, India has done a 180-degree turn on virtual currencies. In December 2013, the Reserve Bank of India issued a press release “caution[ing] users of Virtual Currencies against Risks.” The release...more

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