In his famous 2018 speech, William Hinman, Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic), the Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), asked...more
4/4/2023
/ Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Ethereum ,
Financial Instruments ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment ,
Offerings ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
State Attorneys General ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities
In a recent speech,2 Gensler quoted the first Chairman of the SEC, Joseph Kennedy3 who noted: “No honest business need fear the SEC.”4 Unfortunately, Gensler failed to note that as the SEC often explains, whether a party has...more
Join Nelson Mullins’s Women in FinTech (“WinFin”) Group for the inaugural WinFin Conference. The panel of nationally recognized thought leaders will share insights on FinTech’s global development. As we celebrate Women's...more
3/16/2022
/ Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Diversity ,
Events ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Venture Capital
The battle over blockchain technology and digital assets bears a striking resemblance to the debate over the potential of the internet in the mid-1990s. Where critics see a passing fad with little actual utility or a lawless...more
2/25/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banks ,
Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Competition ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Digital Wallets ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Instruments ,
FinTech ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stablecoins ,
Virtual Currency
“You can count on the Americans to do the right thing after exhausting the alternatives.” As China, the fastest growing economy in the world, actively works to its central bank digital currency (“CBDC”), the United States has...more
Join Richard Levin and Kevin Tran for the next edition of the FinTech University series, focusing on Current Bank Digital Currencies, with 10 minutes of Q&A....more
Continuing the FinTech University CLE series, join Richard Levin, Craig Nazzaro, and Kevin Tran for this one-hour session on digital assets including Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin, other tokens, and NFTs. The last 10...more
9/28/2021
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Ethereum ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
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Webinars
The Traveling Wilburys famously noted “In Jersey, anything's legal as long as you don't get caught.” Apparently the New Jersey Bureau of Securities (“Bureau”) disagrees....more