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New SEC Chairman Gives His First Speech on Crypto

Gary Gensler asserts the SEC’s broad powers over digital assets, and puts consumer protection at the forefront. On August 3, 2021, Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), gave a speech on...more

Taking the Scarlet Out of the Letters I-C-O

SEC Commissioner Peirce has proposed a three-year safe harbor for qualifying token projects, but regulatory clarity remains elusive. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has been a perennial advocate of innovation in the...more

The SEC Continues Its Enforcement Streak Against Unregistered Token Offerings

As the agency pursues and prevents offerings of tokens it deems unregistered securities, further issues emerge. The recent wave of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions relating to initial coin...more

The Yellow Brick Road for Consumer Tokens: The Path to SEC and CFTC Compliance - An Update

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), token...more

SEC’s Crypto Summer Continues

SEC issues cease-and-desist orders for unregistered token presales and anti-touting violations. Not content to let the dog days of summer slip by, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued two...more

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

A Path Forward for Consumer Tokens?

SEC’s Hinman provides helpful guidance for analyzing digital assets under the US securities laws. William Hinman, Director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, provided...more

BaFin Publishes Statement on ICO and Token Regulation

BaFin, the German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority, joins global regulators in releasing guidance for German ICO issuers and advisors. The growing number and commercial significance of cryptographic token...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

SEC: Certain Initial Coin Offerings Are Securities Offerings

SEC’s investigative report sends clear message that virtual transactions using innovative technologies are subject to the application of securities laws. Introduction - On July 25, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange...more

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