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House Passes FIT21 – What does it say, and what does it mean for digital asset providers?

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On, May 22, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4763, Financial Innovation for Technology for the 21st Century Act (“FIT21”). The legislation was touted by the House Financial Services Committee’s Chairman,...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

CFTC Issues Cease and Desist Order to Binary Options Operator Using Smart Contracts

On January 3, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) entered an order charging Blockratize, Inc. (d/b/a Polymarket.com) (“Polymarket”) with offering off-exchange binary options contracts and failing to...more

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Crypto and the Regulators: Will the Revolution Get Rules?

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Crypto currency began with the notion of getting “off the grid” – escaping the regulators and not being regulated. Over time that notion has transmuted. Now platforms trading crypto assets proclaim that the “revolution needs...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging The Week - August 2019 #3

Two food giants agreed to resolve charges brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that they manipulated or attempted to manipulate prices of the Chicago Board of Trade’s December 2011 wheat futures contract and...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2019 #4

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Settles Enforcement Action with Gladius Network - On February 20, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the settlement of charges against...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - February 2019 #3

The US Department of Justice vehemently opposed the request for a new trial by the first person charged, convicted and sentenced under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act’s prohibition against...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - November 2018 #3

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement issued its annual report last week; it said the purpose of its enforcement program was to engender a “true culture of compliance.” The Division suggested the...more

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