Fifth Circuit Limits Privacy on Digital Asset Transactions -
On June 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) ruled that FBI agents who subpoenaed a cryptocurrency exchange for records...more
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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 July 18, 2018, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), published its report to the July 2018 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting. The report sets out FATF’s ongoing work to fight money laundering...more
7/26/2018
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