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
While we anticipated a relaxed US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the new administration, even the biggest proponents of a lax SEC did not expect a “meme coin” blessing within weeks of a new SEC chair being...more
Both the CFTC and SEC have new Acting Chairs, who are known to be crypto advocates, with Mark Uyeda being appointed Acting Chair of the SEC, taking over from Gary Gensler, while Caroline D. Pham has assumed the role of Acting...more
This year, the SEC has ramped up its enforcement efforts against digital asset marketplaces for selling non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) (and other digital assets) the agency alleges are securities. In response, some potential...more
Join Josh and Frank on this special year-end episode of CryptoCounsel as they take a look back at the most significant developments in crypto law and regulation in 2024. From Bitcoin's incredible surge past $100,000 to the...more
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week seeks “to bring crypto assets within the regulatory perimeter” by granting oversight responsibility to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for most forms...more
In last week's Cabinet News and Views, we examined the U.S. regulators' approach to the digital asset space, with a focus on the assertion of jurisdiction by the CFTC, the SEC, prudential regulators, state executive and...more
As the global digital asset industry continues to grow, regulators worldwide have increased efforts to define and shape the legal landscape through various approaches. In the UAE, for example, the Financial Services...more
The People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) announced this morning that it is banning crypto currencies and related services, including “trading, order matching, token issuance and derivatives for virtual currencies are strictly...more
The Digital Asset SEC Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets. Beginning with the...more
U.S. Developments - 1. Unamended Infrastructure Bill with “Broker” Reporting Requirements Set for Vote in September - The U.S. House of Representatives locked in a date of September 27, 2021, for the vote on a $1...more
In December 2020, the World Economic Forum reported that “cryptocurrencies have reached a point of inevitability”. In some business circles, the hype has been enormous with Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, having predicted...more
The SEC Division of Enforcement’s 2019 Annual Report, released earlier this month, shows a continuing focus on activities involving blockchain and cryptocurrency, and its website shows an increase in cases since last fiscal...more
This BitBlog summary focuses on the continuing actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) against the issuers of noncompliant initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) and other crypto related transactions including...more
This summary covers the last two weeks which includes news about continued enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) involving fraudulent digital asset transactions, dismissal of a securities...more
This week saw two items of note in the regulation of digital assets and both came out of the state of New York. The Return of the Empire State - A New York State Supreme Court ruled that it has personal and subject...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is not the only consumer watchdog keeping a close eye on the financial sector and certainly not the only agency focused on FinTech. This is also a key area for the Federal Trade...more
Last week, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) backed up its strong public statements about enforcing the anti-money laundering (AML) laws with respect to cryptocurrency by bringing an enforcement action against...more
U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Guidance on Crypto Token Sales Is Coming - In a speech at the University of Missouri School of Law, Hester Peirce, one of the SEC’s commissioners,...more
Although the price of Bitcoin is down nearly 80 percent since January, there continues to be tremendous interest in digital currencies and assets (sometimes referred to as “cryptocurrencies”), and in the potential benefits of...more
In a regulatory first, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease and desist order and imposed a $200,000 fine against a hedge fund that invested in digital assets and its founder. ...more
Technology evolves and events unfold at a dizzying pace in the blockchain world, but even by those standards this past week was tough to keep up with. Every day seemed to bring a new first for the industry...more
SEC Bars Perpetrator of Initial Coin Offering Fraud - On August 14, 2018, the SEC obtained permanent officer-and-director and penny stocks bars against David T. Laurance of Tomahawk Exploration LLC (“Tomahawk”), who...more
What has happened? US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, establishing a task force that will develop guidance for the investigation and prosecution of fraud, including "digital currency fraud"....more
After months of steadily increasing supervisory activity in regard to the emerging cryptocurrency sector, it now appears that U.S. financial market regulators may have switched gears and entered the enforcement stage....more
As we previously have blogged, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) became one of the first regulators to wade into the regulation of cryptocurrency when it released interpretive guidance in March 2013 stating...more