Following the recent closures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank and Credit Suisse’s takeover by Swiss-based rival UBS, ramifications for blockchain tech and crypto-based assets and deals are...more
3/31/2023
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Technology Sector
While the story of the first ten months of 2022 was surviving crypto winter, there was also some optimism that better times were coming.
There is a newly elected Congress and new leadership, which many had hoped would be...more
It's no secret that cryptocurrency markets and the larger digital assets economy have been roiled by recent instability, resulting in discussions about how regulatory initiatives, rising inflationary pressure, and public...more
8/3/2022
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Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement ,
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Howey ,
Income Taxes ,
Investor Protection ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Risk Assessment ,
Royalties ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Currency ,
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is adding 20 positions to its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.
These positions are all enforcement-related. None of the new staff will be charged with carrying out the SEC's...more
5/27/2022
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Cryptocurrency ,
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Fraud ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
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Stablecoins
Companies across every industry are jumping into non-fungible tokens (NFTs), seeking to seize what they perceive as huge business opportunities.
Attorneys working in the space see myriad reasons to be bullish, despite a...more
Creators, investors, users, and dealers of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are at the forefront of the intersection of art, music, sports, entertainment, and technology — and they are simultaneously charting a new path when it...more
Today, there seems to be a constant stream of changing rules and regulations for companies to keep up with. This dynamic regulatory environment can be increasingly difficult for emerging companies to navigate, particularly...more
On March 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets” (the order), outlining his administration’s intention to begin a strategic review of potential...more
3/16/2022
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Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Ether ,
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Global Market ,
Joe Biden ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Risk Mitigation ,
U.S. Treasury
As the web further decentralizes based on blockchains, we are seeing new technology business models, particularly in the ecommerce sector, incorporate digital tokens into transaction flows by using digitally native tokens as...more
As financial markets wrap up the year 2021 and launch into 2022 at warp speed, the “DeFi” world has a new star called the “DAO.”
Decentralized finance, short-handed as “DeFi”, refers to peer-to-peer finance enabled by...more