After allowing registration and transfer of unlisted securities through distributed ledgers in 2017 and drafting legislation for initial coin offerings (ICOs) earlier this year, France is contemplating the introduction of a...more
10/2/2018
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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
Framework Agreement ,
France ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Products ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
After our recent client alert summarizing recent U.S. regulatory developments in the crypto-world, the House of Representatives of the State of Wyoming passed HB 70, referred to as the “Utility Token Bill” and HB 19, known as...more
3/1/2018
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EU ,
Financial Markets ,
France ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
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Switzerland ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
One week after filing a fraud suit against the organizer of the PlexCoin token sale, the SEC issued an enforcement order in connection with a token offering by Munchee and a public statement that shed some additional light on...more
2/8/2018
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Token Sales ,
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Virtual Currency