On September 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a settlement order (the Order) against Universal Navigation Inc. d/b/a Uniswap Labs (Uniswap).1 The Order asserted that Uniswap, through its front-end...more
On July 13, Judge Analisa Torres, district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, issued a substantial order (the Order) on cross motions for summary judgment in the U.S. Securities...more
In this episode of “Crypto Innovators,” Adam Benayoun talks about his journey from entrepreneur to angel investor to founding partner of Collider Ventures, which invests in Web3 focused companies across such sectors as...more
Hosts Ethan Silver and Eric Swartz welcome Alan Orwick, CEO of Dominant Strategies, the developer of Quai Network, to Lowenstein Crypto Innovators podcast to discuss Quai Network's revolutionary proof-of-work 2.0. They also...more
On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule change (the Proposed Rule) redesignating the “custody rule” (i.e., Rule 206(4)-2 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as...more
New Jersey is poised to adopt sweeping cryptocurrency and blockchain regulations with the passage of the Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act (the Act). If adopted, the Act would radically change the regulatory...more
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s new request for digital assets activities adds more confusion to the regulatory environment.
The United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, has once again...more
Examining COMP’s ability to pass the Howey test for being qualified as investment contracts and to be considered a security.
Innovation springs eternal in the digital asset ecosystem, and with Compound’s launch of its...more