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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Blockchain Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024 #2

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According to recent reports, two U.S. multinational financial technology companies have integrated Ethereum Name Service (ENS), a decentralized naming system built on the Ethereum blockchain, into their payment platforms....more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024

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Crypto Payments Firms Announce New Integrations and Initiatives - According to reports, fintech bank Revolut recently announced a partnership with Ledger, a major crypto hardware wallet provider, to make it easier for...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - June 2024 #3

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EigenLayer TVL Surpasses $20B; New Self-Custodial Wallet Features Launch - According to recent reports, the total value locked (TVL) on the Ethereum network-based EigenLayer restaking protocol recently surpassed $20...more

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Crypto Asset Investigations: Key Considerations and Pitfalls

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Crypto assets are some of the most rapidly evolving and increasingly adopted assets in the world. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is emerging as a blockchain-based alternative to traditional banking and financial services and...more

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US House of Representatives Passes Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act

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FIT21 would provide regulatory certainty for the US digital asset ecosystem, balancing support for innovation with consumer protection....more

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Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Navigating the 2023 Regulatory Landscape — The Crypto Exchange...

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In the opening episode of a four-part series examining major developments in the digital assets industry in 2023, Ethan Ostroff, Addison Morgan, and Trey Smith discuss significant federal regulatory events that transpired...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - February 2024

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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

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2024 - Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of Tokenizing Real World Assets

The world of cryptocurrencies on blockchains and the world of traditional assets in markets have often stood in stark contrast to one another since Bitcoin’s creation in 2008. The lack of a reliable bridge between these two...more

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New Crypto Products Launch; Bank Pilots Crypto Trading; Reports Address Bitcoin Halving, DeFi Regulation; Crypto Enforcement and...

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New Crypto Payment and Staking Services Launch, Bank to Pilot Crypto Trading - According to recent reports, Transak, a leading payments infrastructure provider for crypto and NFTs, has announced a strategic collaboration...more

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Digital Asset Exchanges, NFT Cos. Launch New Products; Banks Announce Crypto Initiatives; NY DFS Publishes Crypto Guidance;...

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Digital Asset Exchanges Launch Margin Futures, Stablecoins, Custody Product - The digital asset affiliate of one of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges recently published a press release announcing that it will...more

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Crypto Firms Launch New Initiatives; Whitepapers Address DeFi, Crypto Risks, CBDCs; OFAC Adds Crypto Addresses to SDN List...

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Crypto Firms Continue to Launch New Initiatives Across Markets - In a recent press release, digital asset infrastructure firm Fireblocks announced its acquisition of BlockFold, “a smart contract development and...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - September 2023 #2

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

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Crypto Custody Services Expand; CFTC Enforcement Targets DeFi, SEC Targets NFTs; FinCEN Warns of Crypto Scams; Major Hacks Steal...

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Financial Services Firms Expand Cryptocurrency Custody Services - According to recent reports, the cryptocurrency custody arm of a major international bank has launched its institutional cryptocurrency custody services in...more

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NFT Used for Service of Process; Blockchain CO2 Monitoring Solution Launches; IRS Addresses Staking; SEC Enforcement Continues;...

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Federal District Court Enters Default Judgment Based on NFT Service of Process - A federal district court judge in Florida entered a $2.2 million default judgment against a defendant on whom the judge previously authorized...more

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U.S. Treasury Dept. Publishes Risk Assessment Addressing Illicit Finance Risks of DeFi

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Background and Scope - The Assessment was drafted by Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (“TFFC”), in consultation with multiple U.S. agencies, including the Departments of Homeland Security,...more

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Proposed EU AML/CFT Regulation: Cryptoassets are key focus of ECON/LIBE Committees’ adopted position

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On 28 March 2023, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee voted through their position on the proposed anti-money laundering and...more

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New Initiatives Launch in Staking, DeFi, DAOs; IRS Issues NFT Guidance; White House Report Criticizes Crypto; SEC and DOJ Crypto...

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Staking Market Launches, ‘Defi Cover’ Data Published, DAO Buys Golf Course According to a recent press release, MetaMask Institutional, “the web3 wallet for organizations,” has launched its “institutional staking...more

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NYAG Files Action Against Crypto Trading Platform, Takes Position That ETH Is a Security

On March 9, 2023, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) filed a lawsuit charging crypto trading platform KuCoin for “failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing...more

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U.S. District Court Signals That In Certain Cases, NFTs May Qualify as Securities

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Dapper Labs was founded in 2018 shortly after the debut of its first NFT collection, “CryptoKitties,” which was so successful it created a bottleneck of transactions on the decentralized Ethereum Network. Seeking faster...more

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LA Blockchain Summit

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Volatility continues to roil the crypto market in 2023 even as fear of a recession in the overall financial markets has started to subside. The massive drop in the capitalization of the global crypto market last year, along...more

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DeFi, Stablecoin Products Launch; FASB to Allow Fair Value for Crypto Accounting; SEC Addresses Crypto IRAs; DOJ Enforcement...

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DeFi, Stablecoin Products Launch; Bitcoin Network Spikes Due to NFTs - According to reports, a new decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol recently launched that allows users to deposit the stablecoins USDC or DAI in a...more

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Crypto Market Data Published; Digital Assets RFI Issued; BIS Addresses DeFi; NY DFS Issues Crypto Guidance; SEC Brings Crypto...

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Reports Address Crypto Ownership, Stablecoins and Dapp Adoption - Recent reports provide new data on various areas of the digital asset market. In one report, a survey published by a cryptocurrency trading platform found...more

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Crypto Winter: How Companies and Investors Can Reduce Risk Amid Rising Enforcement and Litigation

The most recent crypto winter has been accompanied a flurry of U.S. enforcement actions and private litigation. Authorities fined Bitmex $100 million and sanctioned Tornado Cash. A wave of class actions grew. FTX’s collapse...more

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Crypto Payment Products, DeFi Networks and Price Indices Launch; CBDC Report and NFT Royalty Data Published; FinCEN, FTC Address...

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Payments Firms Launch Crypto Products, New DeFi Price Indices Announced - A U.S. fintech company recently announced the launch of a fiat-to-crypto on-ramp, which facilitates fiat-to-crypto payments using “a customizable...more

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Recent Meta Policy Statement Outlines Goals, Hopes for Metaverse Regulator Activity

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Meta released a position paper concerning its most recent thoughts about regulation in the metaverse on Dec. 2, 2022. Noting its ongoing work with the Metaverse Standards Forum (which Meta established in June 2022 and now has...more

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