The Regulation of Retail Commodity Transactions—History and Background -
On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or the CFTC) finalized long-awaited interpretive guidance regarding...more
5/4/2020
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On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or the CFTC) finalized long-awaited interpretive guidance regarding what constitutes the “actual delivery” of a digital asset in the context of...more
5/1/2020
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Weekly Focus
- Replies to Motions for Summary Judgments filed in SEC v. Telegram
- Cases Consolidated in Class Action Suit Against iFinex Inc
- Bittrex Introduces Insurance Coverage
- -Research Report Finds the...more
2/8/2020
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U.S. Developments -
VanEck and SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Qualified Institutional Buyers -
On September 3, 2019, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management LLC announced that they are seeking to use Rule 144A of...more
9/12/2019
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Token Sales
During a speech in San Francisco last week at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit, William Hinman, Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), provided some welcome...more
6/25/2018
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On February 6, 2018, the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs conducted a hearing entitled “Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S....more
2/7/2018
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