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Dual registrant regulatory roundup - March 2025

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/7/2025

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

SEC Announces Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit

Clark Hill PLC on 3/3/2025

On Feb. 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) stating its focus will be on “combatting cyber-related misconduct and to protect retail investors...more

SEC announces new Enforcement unit for cyber and emerging technologies

Cooley LLP on 2/25/2025

At the end of last week, the SEC announced the establishment of a new Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, designed to replace the current Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and to complement the work of the newly established...more

SEC Launches Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit Aimed at Safeguarding Investors

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/24/2025

The new unit aims to protect retail investors and foster innovation by addressing cyber-related misconduct and emerging technology fraud....more

Weekly Blockchain Blog - February 2024

BakerHostetler on 2/20/2024

Crypto Firms Make Acquisitions, Integrate Products; New Crypto Index Launches - According to a recent press release, a major U.S. fintech company has announced an agreement to acquire a major digital asset custody provider....more

Project W: Web 2.5 – The Companies That Are Using the Blockchain To Innovate and Solve Big Problems

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/28/2023

Saying the word "crypto" will get a visceral reaction in many circles, and if you say you still believe in the future of crypto, you have a high likelihood of being blacklisted. I get it. It has been a tumultuous 16...more

Is the legal profession making the most of these new opportunities?

Ankura on 11/9/2022

Blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) underpinning crytpoassets are being adopted across the business world for a variety of purposes. In the finance sector, DLT is being used to create decentralized...more

The US$4.5 billion Bitfinex hack – five things you should know

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2022

The hack of the Hong-Kong based crypto-exchange Bitfinex has been described as the “heist of the century”. Where a crypto-asset is in play in litigation, in particular as a potential target for enforcement, parties should be...more

Breaking Down Key Areas of Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets

Alston & Bird on 3/22/2022

On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. The Executive Order (EO) establishes policy objectives related to digital assets and directs agencies and...more

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 12/14/2021

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

Cryptoassets and artificial intelligence in EU regulation - FinTech Perspectives

Hogan Lovells on 9/7/2021

As in other fields of digital transformation, the EU Commission wants to set a standard with its draft regulations for both cryptoassets, and artificial intelligence. But is it ready for the challenge? Both technologies will...more

CFTC and SEC continue their efforts to regulate virtual currencies and Blockchain-based smart contracts

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 12/6/2018

For those longing for the heady days of the cryptocurrency free-for-all, this November is proving to be the start of the winter of your discontent. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the US Securities and...more

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