A recent statutory instrument aims to remove legal uncertainty surrounding crypto staking and ease blockchain operations.
On 9 January 2025, the UK Government published the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000...more
Proposed rule would be implemented by statute and would give primacy to parties’ choice of governing law and jurisdiction.
There is at least a tentative consensus in English law that cryptocurrencies and other digital...more
The Legal Statement applies areas of insolvency law to digital assets, providing valuable guidance on the approach English courts will take.
In October 2023, the UK’s Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT), which is made up of...more
Recognising new realities in decentralisation, the regulations aim to provide market players with governance flexibility within distributed ledger technology foundations.
On 2 October 2023, the Board of Directors of Abu...more
The global central bank cooperative body envisions stablecoins within the context of international standards for payment, clearing, and settlement systems.
Among the different types of digital assets, global authorities...more
10/20/2021
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Beyond creative works and consumer products, NFTs open up new avenues for IP monetisation in the technology, life sciences, and pharmaceutical industries.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), one-of-a-kind cryptoassets stored on...more
6/25/2021
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For market participants pivoting toward ESG and digital assets, weighing the issues at the crossroads of these two megatrends is critical.
The huge rise in popularity of Bitcoin - and the growing interest by mainstream...more
4/13/2021
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Throughout 2020, cryptocurrencies experienced incremental progress towards the mainstream as institutional investors and financial institutions made positive statements about the nascent asset class, an increasing number of...more
1/29/2021
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Although still actively developing, current UK policy thinking in relation to cryptocurrencies was set out by the UK Cryptoassets Taskforce in its Final Report (the “Taskforce Report”), published in October 2018.
The...more
11/19/2019
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Recent and upcoming regulatory guidance on cryptoassets and the regulation of companies engaged in digital currency, such as issuers, crypto-exchanges, crypto-custodians, crypto-brokers, and other service providers, could...more
3/13/2019
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Growth in applications for blockchain and tokenisation, combined with an increasing number of initial coin offerings (ICOs), mean that buyout firms should note developments in this sector.
Why Should PE Be Interested in...more