On March 29, 2017, Perkins Coie partner Dax Hansen and associate Josh Boehm were invited to the Cyber Initiative at Stanford Law School to deliver a presentation on several cutting-edge legal issues relating to blockchain...more
4/15/2017
/ Bank Secrecy Act ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Banks ,
Bitcoin ,
BitLicense ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Custody Rule ,
FinCEN ,
Income Taxes ,
Money Transmitter ,
Ownership Requirements ,
Personal Property ,
Popular ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Federal authorities announced this week a settlement with Ripple Labs Inc. and its subsidiary, XRP Fund II, resolving an investigation by FinCEN and the Department of Justice into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act. ...more
A political action committee has sought an advisory opinion from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as to whether bitcoins can be accepted as political contributions and, if so, how bitcoins should be characterized and...more
To address a perceived gap in regulatory treatment of increasingly popular virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released new guidance on...more