New York is the most recent to join the fray in state-led efforts to regulate the virtual currency markets. On April 17, 2018, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the launch of the Virtual Markets...more
On March 6, 2018, the Eastern District of New York was the first federal court to rule that virtual currencies, also referred to as cryptocurrencies, are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and that the...more
Cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) were a recurring area of focus in presentations by multiple divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission at its annual “The SEC Speaks” conference in Washington, DC on...more