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2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: The Rise of Crypto & Digital Assets

J.S. Held on 2/12/2025

While the cryptocurrency industry is still relatively young, its adoption by various economic sectors and the evolution of the technology itself is growing, along with the tokenization of assets, AI-powered smart contracts,...more

FBI Warns About Cybersecurity Problems on DeFi Platforms

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 9/1/2022

Decentralized finance platforms (DeFi) are designed to operate in a decentralized manner primarily through the utilization of smart contracts. Smart contracts are simply a name given to small “if/then” statements written in...more

[Webcast Transcript] Considerations and Challenges for Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and NFT Investigations

HaystackID on 6/3/2022

Editor’s Note: On May 18, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast developed to highlight the foundational basics of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs and to present practical considerations for the investigational...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 3, Issue 7

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/15/2022

Britain Announces Plans to Mint Its Own NFT as It Looks to ‘Lead the Way’ in Crypto - "Glen said the government was also 'widening' its gaze to look at other aspects of crypto, including so-called Web3, a movement that...more

Asset Tokenisation: On Blockchain Securitisation

Hogan Lovells on 10/4/2021

Hogan Lovells was an associate sponsor of the Global ABS 2021 Conference held in London. Partners Sharon Lewis (Head of Financial Institutions Sector) and Michael Thomas (a partner in the financial services team), alongside...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 18

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/15/2021

El Salvador Buys 200 Bitcoins as the Digital Currency Becomes Legal Tender - "El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as a national currency, kicking off a radical monetary experiment that could pose risks to...more

Blockchain 51% Attacks – Lessons Learned for Developers and Trading Platform Operators

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 2/13/2020

Once purely theoretical, “majority” or “51%” attacks on public blockchains have dealt participants a reality check: The fundamental assumption of Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 Bitcoin whitepaper (that computing power will remain...more

UK Court Grants Asset Preservation Order over Bitcoin

A&O Shearman on 9/5/2019

A U.K. court has granted an asset preservation order over Bitcoin stolen in a "spear phishing" attack on a major crypto-currency trader. The decision confirms that proprietary claims over Bitcoin constitute serious issues...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

When Smart Contracts are Outsmarted: The Parity Wallet “Freeze” and Software Liability in the Internet of Value

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 2/26/2018

The recent Parity wallet “freeze” provides yet another example of a coding vulnerability in a smart contract (rather than a flaw in the underlying blockchain or cryptography) resulting in an exploit that compromises...more

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