Virtual Currency, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), EU

Bitcoin-Halving steht vor der Tür

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/28/2024

Nach der Zulassung von Krypto-ETF in den USA steht mit dem für Mitte April 2024 erwarteten Bitcoin-Halving demnächst ein weiteres Fundamental-Ereignis für die Krypto-Branche vor der Tür. Die Zulassung sogenannter Bitcoin-Spot...more

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2022 #2

Perkins Coie on 3/24/2022

Zelenskyy Signs Virtual Assets Bill Into Law, Legalizing Crypto in Ukraine - On March 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Law on Virtual Assets. According to a statement by the Ministry of Digital...more

Virtual Currency Legal Report: Week of January 7, 2022

Perkins Coie on 1/13/2022

U.S. Congress to Hold Oversight Hearing on the Mining of Cryptocurrency - NY DFS to Hire New Deputy Superintendent - Recent Federal Regulator Announcements Signal Changes in Senior Leadership at the SEC, CFTC, and FDIC...more

The SEC Sends a Telegram to European Token Offerings: Avoid the U.S.

Orrick - On the Chain on 4/23/2020

On March 24, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a preliminary injunction preventing Telegram from distributing $1.7 billion of its...more

Blockchain Trends and Enforcement Surrounding the New Technology

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2020

In 2019, regulators continued to consider whether and how to regulate blockchain technology. After the two previous years that included a high number of initial coin offerings (ICOs), many of which involved allegedly...more

Blockchain Week in Review - April 2019 #3

Perkins Coie on 5/6/2019

U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - Arca Investment Management Files With SEC to Issue Stablecoin - Arca Investment Management, a California-based investment management firm specializing in digital assets, filed an...more

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - April 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/16/2019

In this issue, we examine the release of the much-anticipated Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) guidance for analyzing how U.S. federal securities laws apply to initial coin offerings, the...more

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2019 #2

Perkins Coie on 1/15/2019

U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - Texas Clarifies that Stablecoins Backed by Sovereign Currency Qualify as “Money” Under Money Transmission Statute - The Texas Department of Banking recently issued a Supervisory...more

Blockchain Week in Review - December 2018

Perkins Coie on 12/13/2018

U.S. Developments - SEC Remarks on International Virtual Currency Enforcement - On December 5, 2018, Steven Peikin, Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), gave a...more

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - November 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/8/2018

This is the second edition of The Distributed Ledger, a periodic publication covering the latest trends and developments in blockchain technology, digital assets and smart contracts. In this issue, we examine the SEC’s new...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/20/2018

“Pot is the new crypto,” declares Bloomberg, and if you’ve seen how the virtual currencies are faring these days, that should be a warning and not a selling point....more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 6/8/2018

U.S. Financial Industry Developments - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act - The "Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act," signed by the President on May 24, amends...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/27/2018

SEC Proposes to Enhance Protections and Preserve Choice for Retail Investors in Their Relationships with Investment Professionals - On April 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose a package of...more

Regulators and Courts Clarify Virtual Currency Regulation, but Overall Framework Remains Murky

A&O Shearman on 4/13/2018

This update serves to cover virtual currency regulatory developments over the past two months in the U.S., U.K. and EU. This follows our previous virtual currency regulatory updates as part of Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech...more

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/11/2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/11/2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Red Notice Newsletter - March 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/4/2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – Canadian Mining Company Settles with SEC over FCPA Charges – On March 26, Kinross Gold Corporation settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its alleged failure to...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/9/2018

Looking Out for Main Street: SEC Focuses on Retail, Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency - The Commissioners and senior officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") addressed the public on...more

Derivatives In Review - February 2018

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/27/2018

English Supreme Court Brings an End to Dexia - Prato Swap Dispute - On January 18, the English Supreme Court refused to grant Comune di Prato, an Italian local authority with responsibility for the municipality of Prato in...more

Funds Talk: February 2018

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 2/2/2018

Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency - After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more

Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 2/1/2018

Until recently, cryptocurrencies had largely avoided the regulatory spotlight. While financial market regulators monitored the emerging sector, they largely maintained a hands-off approach as it remained on the periphery of...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/26/2018

SEC Division of Investment Management Letter on Cryptocurrency Related Investment Products; Joint Statement by SEC and CFTC Enforcement Directors Regarding Virtual Currency Enforcement Actions - On January 18, 2018, in a...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.26.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/26/2016

Private equity bigwig Lynn Tilton has reportedly hired appellate superstar Paul Clement (after Gibson Dunn got the boot) to represent her in her “bid to revive her challenge to the [SEC’s] in-house court at the Second...more

Global Government Solutions® 2016 Mid-Year Outlook

K&L Gates LLP on 7/25/2016

This newest edition of the Global Government Solutions® series highlights increased government involvement in global commerce and provides the latest regulatory information corporate leaders need to navigate the intersection...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.11.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/11/2016

A putative class action filed last week is accusing 25 prominent banks—including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Barclays—of “conspiring to rig the market for securities” sold by the US Treasury in their roles as primary...more

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