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Dechert LLP

Crypto Securities Class Action Litigation 2024 Year Review

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The overall strength of the crypto asset markets in 2024 resulted in a year with significantly less crypto securities class action litigation than in recent years. Despite this decrease, the nature of the allegations made by...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

DraftKings NFT Settlement Leaves Securities Question in Limbo

A class action lawsuit brought against online gaming company DraftKings Inc. relating to the company’s short-lived marketplace for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, is likely to settle. Because the case will not proceed to a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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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Top 10 Web3/Blockchain Legal Developments of 2024

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The legal landscape surrounding blockchain technology underwent dramatic shifts in 2024, particularly in the United States, offering both remarkable opportunities and substantial compliance challenges. Governments introduced...more

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Assessing the Landscape: One Year into the SEC’s Litigation Against Major U.S. Digital Asset Exchanges

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The SEC’s litigation against the largest digital asset exchanges in America has been unfolding for over a year, beginning with the agency suing various Binance entities in June 2023, followed by actions against Coinbase...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - February 2024 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement Activity

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Since the first action in July 2013, the SEC has brought a total of 173 cryptocurrency-related enforcement actions as of December 31, 2023, comprising: 108 litigations, and - 65 administrative proceedings....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC v. Ripple Labs: Analysis of Summary Judgment Opinion

Under the helm of SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, the Securities and Exchange Commission has argued that many cryptocurrencies qualify as “securities” under federal law, and therefore fall within the SEC’s bailiwick....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

SEC v. LBRY, Inc.: Federal Court Finds LBRY’s Crypto Token as a Security

It is no secret that over the last several years, there has been an exponential increase in the utilization of blockchain and digital assets. Crypto trading and lending platforms have grown rapidly and the total crypto market...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Rise in Crypto Securities Filings Could Persist

Increased regulatory oversight and recent turmoil in the digital asset market have led to a rising number of securities litigations focusing on cryptocurrencies. Sixteen cryptocurrency-related class actions have been filed...more

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