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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... more +
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 -
Carlton Fields

Proposed Cryptocurrency Class Action Goes Forward in Florida With Defendant’s Help

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Two plaintiffs in Miami-Dade County have filed a class action complaint against cryptocurrency platform Empires X Corp. and its founders based on an alleged Ponzi scheme. In Villanueva v. Empires X Corp., pending in Florida’s...more

SECIL Law

Deconstructing the SEC's Cryptocurrency-Suppression Program: Part Two

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Origins of Cryptocurrency Prohibition - Introduction - This is Part II of a series of articles that addresses the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)’s suppression of cryptocurrency, or what we call private digital...more

BakerHostetler

US Bank Crypto Services Proceed, Crypto Debit Cards Launch in US and Mexico, Blockchain Enterprise Developments, and Crypto...

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US Bank and Trust Companies Move Forward with Cryptocurrency Services - This week Avanti Bank & Trust was granted a bank charter from the Wyoming State Banking Board. ...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2020

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U.S. Developments - SEC Commissioner Proposes Safe Harbor for Token Offerings - In a speech on February 6th at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Commissioner...more

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Ethereum Fork Successful, Solutions Target Sneakers and Browsers, EU and NY Consider Regulations, Enforcement Actions Continue

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Ethereum Fork Implemented, Exchanges Expand Services, New Bitcoin Network Data - The Ethereum network’s Istanbul hard fork went forward late last week with the support of node operators, miners and cryptocurrency exchanges. ...more

The Volkov Law Group

2019 Cryptocurrency Regulations – A Primer and What to Expect Throughout the Year

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You’ve heard this before, but it still holds true – cryptocurrency regulations are coming. Everyone knows they’re inevitable, and there has been some trepidation amongst investors that regulations will disrupt innovation and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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In what can only be deemed a major reversal, the White House has reportedly ordered its economic adviser and trade representative to study rejoining the Trans Pacific Partnership, just a year after yanking the US out of deal...more

The Volkov Law Group

Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and Ponzi Schemes

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When you read and learn about cryptocurrencies (e.g. Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum), there are some commentators, politicians and others who characterize cryptocurrencies as a “Ponzi” scheme....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Wild West No Longer: The SEC Brings Enforcement Actions Against Two Initial Coin Offerings

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Ending months of speculation about when regulators would wade into the world of Bitcoin and other digital currencies, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently brought its first enforcement actions against...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review – April 2017 #2

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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

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.21.16

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Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf admitted that the illegal sham-account-creation activity at the heart of its recent SEC fine may have begun earlier than first reported....more

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