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SEC Ends 2018 Signaling Its Approach to Regulating the Cryptocurrency Markets

Recent actions reinforce the SEC’s commitment to applying traditional securities markets regulation in the cryptocurrency markets. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, or the Commission) recently issued a public...more

The yellow brick road for consumer tokens: The path to SEC and CFTC compliance

Developing a framework for consumer tokens - With the rapid growth in the development of blockchain technology, virtual currencies and token sales (sometimes referred to as initial coin offerings, or ICOs) in 2017 and...more

Are Your Employees Trading Bitcoin? Addressing Cryptocurrencies in Compliance Policies

How should broker-dealers, investment advisers, and other registered firms in the US, UK, and Hong Kong address cryptocurrencies in their compliance programs? Originally published on bloombergbna.com on April 16,...more

SEC Takes Enforcement Action against Utility Token ICO

The SEC’s latest enforcement action and its Chairman’s statement clarify the application of securities laws to ICOs and cryptocurrency markets. Introduction - On December 11, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange...more

What Do the SEC’s Recent Bitcoin Disapproval Orders Really Mean for Investors?

Regulators responded to a narrow question about trading bitcoin-based securities, with orders that should not limit innovation in bitcoin technologies. On March 10, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Cryptocurrency: A Primer

What is cryptocurrency? There is no one standard definition of cryptocurrency. At the most basic level cryptocurrency—or digital currency or virtual currency—is a medium of exchange that functions like money (in that it...more

Enforcement Trends in Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is on the rise...and so are enforcement actions. In less than a decade, cyptocurrencies have grown from a novelty reserved for those dealing in the illicit into a robust platform embraced by financial...more

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