U.S. Developments -
Members of Congress Respond to IRS Tax Guidance for Digital Assets -
On December 20, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue...more
1/17/2020
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) published a framework on April 3, 2019, for analyzing whether a digital asset is offered and sold as a security...more
The Ethereum Classic blockchain was the victim of a 51% attack (often called a majority or Sybil attack) on January 5, 2019 that reorganized portions of the blockchain and allowed the attackers to double-spend 219,500 ETC...more
2/22/2019
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Flood of State Virtual Currency Legislation -
Since the start of the new year there have been roughly nine virtual currency bills introduced or passed in four different states. Overall, the bills...more
1/24/2019
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SEC Remarks on International Virtual Currency Enforcement -
On December 5, 2018, Steven Peikin, Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), gave a...more
12/13/2018
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On October 18, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced the launch of the agency’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub). FinHub is a resource for industry engagement between...more
On September 24, 2018, the French data protection authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), became the first data protection authority to issue written guidance on the intersection of the use...more
10/15/2018
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