CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 66 – The U.S. Strategic Reserve and the Emerging Multipolar Crypto World + Recent Developments in US Virtual Asset Regulation with Henri Arslanian and Andrew Fei
A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
Crackdown on DeFi? An Examination of the CFTC's Enforcement Action Against Uniswap — The Crypto Exchange
Ep. 11 - Crypto & Consumer Protection: Insights from a Former FTC Official
Crypto & Politics: Insights from Former Congressman David McIntosh
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Nation: A Government Insider’s View
FINCast Ep. 38 – The Future of Crypto: A Conversation with Coinbase’s Faryar Shirzad
No Password Required: CEO of Paragon Cyber Solutions, Family-Night Game Champion, and Calculated-Risk Taker
Creating A User Friendly Blockchain with Andrew Levine, CEO, Koinos Group
From Station Wagon to Lamborghini: One CypherPunk’s Journey from Cryptoanarchy to Solana Cross-Chain NFT Innovations
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Blockchain for Beginners: Basic Tax Issues for Digital Assets
Introducing The Crypto Exchange Podcast
An Introduction to Crypto for Financial Services Professionals
The Justice Insiders: Largest Bitcoin Seizure in DOJ History – Crypto Can Be Traced!
JONES DAY TALKS®: Takeaways from a Landmark Cryptocurrency Antitrust Case
This Week in FCPA-Episode 252 – the Musk and Bitcoin edition
Episode 181 — Cryptocurrency Review: Matt Stankiewicz Discusses the SEC’s Case against Ripple, Predictions under the Biden Administration, and Bitcoin’s Corporate Surge
Business and Legal Issues Around Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Nota Bene Episode 58: The Advantages of Using Cryptocurrencies and Other Blockchain Technologies for Business Growth with James Gatto
This is the final article in our three-part series focused on a key question: as bank-fintech partnerships continue to play a vital role in driving financial services, how does the industry make this system safer and better?...more
On Oct. 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 concerning the tax consequences of virtual currency hard forks, as well as FAQs on the taxation of virtual currency generally. This...more
Five years or so years ago, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) provided its first, and until this week, only formal advice on the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions in Notice 2014-21. This guidance, while helpful in...more
This is Part 3 of a seven-part series of posts looking at some broad legal issues affecting crypto-currencies. ...more
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued a “call to action” for countries to do more to tackle enablers of tax crimes. The result of this “call to action” was the establishment of an...more
U.S. Financial Industry Developments - FINRA Requests Comment on Financial Technology Innovation in the Broker-Dealer Industry - On July 30, 2018, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") published a...more
El Jefe de Investigación Criminal del IRS, Don Fort, declaró recientemente: "Es posible utilizar Bitcoin y otras Criptomonedas de la misma manera que las cuentas bancarias extranjeras para facilitar la evasión de impuestos"....more
The cryptocurrency market is exciting to watch. Based on the revolutionary blockchain distributed ledger system, cryptocurrencies have exploded on the marketplace. As with any new “gold rush” to hit a market, cryptocurrency...more
On April 17, 2018, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) launched a Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative and sent letters to thirteen cryptoasset trading platforms requesting, through a questionnaire, disclosures on...more
On Feb. 6, Jay Clayton and Christopher Giancarlo, the chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), respectively, jointly testified before the Senate Banking...more
Cryptocurrency (e.g. Bitcoin) seems to be in the news on practically a daily basis, with people racing to get in on the latest investment trend and companies investigating how to best incorporate cryptocurrency and block...more
The following joint statement was issued this last week from the Enforcement Directors of the Securities Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more
Last week, I posted a blog about the SEC’s increased focus on cryptocurrency and ICOs in the coming year. It looks like that scrutiny will not be limited to the SEC. In its 2018 Annual Regulatory and Examination Priorities...more
Over the course of the past few years, Blockchain technology – a platform that acts as a digital ledger for assets – has rapidly grown in prominence. While it is perhaps most well-known for its connection to Bitcoin, the...more
Based on how 2017 ended, entities and individuals in the crypto-currency markets should expect increased scrutiny from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2018. The SEC’s Cyber Unit commenced its...more
Many of the world’s largest financial institutions have invested in distributed ledger technology—known popularly as blockchain technology—to improve their business operations. An area where this disruptive innovation holds...more