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BitBlog Weekly Update

This BitBlog summary focuses on the continuing actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) against the issuers of noncompliant initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) and other crypto related transactions including...more

Stick a Fork in It? IRS Issues Updated Guidance on the Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Forks and Provides Answers to a List of...

Five years or so years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) provided its first, and until this week, only formal advice on the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions in Notice 2014-21. This guidance, while helpful in...more

BitBlog Weekly Summary

This week’s summary includes updates on anti-money laundering in the crypto-friendly nation of Malta and a proposal to regulate cryptocurrency miners in the United States to help stop human trafficking....more

BitBlog Weekly Update

The Polsinelli BitBlog Weekly Update begins with the U.S. Securities and Exchange (“SEC”) settlement with an issuer of securities, who managed to both illegally offer securities, and create an unlicensed exchange to trade...more

BitBlog Weekly Summary: Digital Asset Regulations in New York State

This week saw two items of note in the regulation of digital assets and both came out of the state of New York. The Return of the Empire State - A New York State Supreme Court ruled that it has personal and subject...more

IRS Issues Sends Letters to Over 10,000 Taxpayers with Cryptocurrency Transactions Without Providing Anticipated Guidance

On July 26, 2019, the IRS announced that it was in the process of sending letters to over 10,000 taxpayers with a history of cryptocurrency transactions by the end of August, noting that the letters were sent to taxpayers...more

BitBlog Weekly Summary: Kik Kicks Back and the SEC continues its enforcement campaign against ICOs

Last week was a busy one for the SEC, and other crypto related litigation. That’s probably all we’re going to get while the battle between regulators and token issuers rages on, as Congress is not in session and many in the...more

Regulatory Activity in the Digital Asset Space

The end of July saw continued regulatory activity in the digital assets space. This entry of BitBlog will cover some of the highlights. 1) The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continues to dole out bits of...more

A Pocketful of Quarters: SEC Provides Digital Asset Offering Guidance

On July 25, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Division of Corporation Finance published a response to a no-action request submitted by Pocketful of Quarters, Inc. (“Pocketful of Quarters”)...more

Despite Big News and Some Regulatory Progress, Digital Assets Face Continued Skepticism and Legal Hurdles

As the summer continues to heat up so does the digital asset industry with two major developments. The Libra announcement last month represented a milestone in the cryptocurrency industry....more

SEC’s FinHub Hosts Public Forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (“FinHub”) hosted an important public forum on Friday, May 31, 2019 at the SEC headquarters in Washington, D.C. ...more

Additional Guidance to be issued by the IRS on the Taxation of Crypto-Currency Transactions

Despite the growth of crypto-currencies in number and use, relatively little guidance has been provided by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to date related to the federal income taxation of such crypto transactions. ...more

New Patent Office Guidance and Blockchain-based Patents

Recently, the Patent Office announced two new Guidance documents which although not targeted specifically to blockchain technology provide insight into strategies for the drafting and prosecuting of blockchain-based patents....more

FINRA, Following the SEC, Prioritizes Supervision of Digital Assets in 2019 “Priorities Letter”

On January 22, 2019 FINRA, the self-regulatory organization for U.S. broker-dealers, released its “Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter” for 2019. A number of of FINRA’s hot topics for 2019 should be of interest...more

How FinTech Could Reboot LIBOR

Part One of this two part E-alert looked at the challenges facing London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) LIBOR and how the syndicated loan market is dealing with the potential non-availability of these rates. Part two...more

How the Syndicated Loan Market is Dealing with the Potential Replacement of LIBOR

The May 2008 disclosure of the manipulation of London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR),in what has become known as the ‘LIBOR Scandal’; resulted in regulators for the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union...more

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