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Crypto in the Courts: Five Cases Reshaping Digital Asset Regulation in 2025

There has rarely been a larger or more widely distributed financial market that existed in a more uncertain regulatory context than cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) at the start of 2025. In the past several...more

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New UKJT legal statement on digital securities under English law

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Digital bonds, including those issued on a public blockchain, can be accommodated by English law, according to the UK Jurisdictional Taskforce in its brand-new legal statement. The position is slightly more challenging for...more

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State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies (Updated March 2021)

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Introduction: There exists no uniformity with respect to how businesses that deal in virtual currencies (also known as "cryptocurrencies") such as Bitcoin are treated among the states. For these proprietors, often the first...more

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SEC To Permit Custody Of Digital Asset Securities By “Special Purpose” Brokers

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Christmas came early for many in the digital asset community by way of a statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) on December 23, 2020 that grants relief in the area of broker...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - December 2020 #2

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U.S. Developments - Members of Congress Request SEC Clarity On Digital Securities Custody - On December 9, a bipartisan group of representatives penned a letter to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton regarding the issue of...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Issuers of Digital Securities May Benefit from Proposed Changes to Regulation A

In March, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed rule amendments to “harmonize, simplify, and improve the exempt offering framework to promote capital formation and expand investment opportunities...more

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SEC/FINRA Issue Joint Guidance on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Assets

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The Situation: In a recently released joint statement ("Statement"), the Staffs of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") Division of Trading and Markets, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority...more

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