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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Emerging Issues in Crypto Bankruptcies

The new frontier of crypto bankruptcies brings with it unique challenges. As more crypto platforms face financial distress and insolvency, investors find themselves navigating the intricacies of the Bankruptcy Code in a...more

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Understanding the Crypto Ripple Effect

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On July 13, 2023, the Court ruled in partial favor of Ripple Labs Inc.’s argument that many of its XRP sales did not violate investor-protection laws. The ruling has sent the crypto world ablaze with speculation on the future...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The United Kingdom Introduces New Rules for Marketing Cryptoassets

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has introduced robust new rules for those marketing cryptoassets to UK consumers. In Policy Statement PS23/6, new requirements covering financial promotions for all firms aimed at...more

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New York’s CRPTO Act – the Most Comprehensive Set of Regulations yet on Cryptocurrency

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On May 5, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight (“CRPTO”) Act, which aims “to protect customers and investors in digital assets from fraudulent...more

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NY Attorney General’s Office Fall Round-Up: AG Letitia James’ Actions & Initiatives Related to Cryptocurrency Since August 2021

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On November 15, 2022, the New York Attorney General’s Office released its Fall Round-Up (“Round-Up”) describing major actions and initiatives implemented by New York Attorney General Letitia James (“AG James”) since August...more

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Biden Administration Offers More Details on Emerging Crypto Regulatory Scheme

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The Biden Administration, after ordering a series of reports on the risks and potential benefits of cryptocurrency and digital assets in its March 9, 2022, Executive Order (EO), has now published the “Comprehensive Framework...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

U.S. Treasury Issues Three Reports on the Future of Digital Assets and Central Bank Digital Currency

On September 16, 2022, the Treasury Department issued three reports pursuant to President Joseph Biden’s March 9 Executive Order 14067 on “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” (For more information on the...more

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Consumer Regulators' Role in Biden Administration's Framework on Digital Assets

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Earlier this year, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets ("Digital Assets EO"). The Digital Assets EO directed over 20 federal agencies to provide the Administration...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

White House Fact Sheet: Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets

Last Friday, September 16, the White House released a “Fact Sheet” that lays out a comprehensive framework around which a plethora of Federal Government agencies and departments are being tasked with addressing digital...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Top Trends in Digital Assets for 2022

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It's no secret that cryptocurrency markets and the larger digital assets economy have been roiled by recent instability, resulting in discussions about how regulatory initiatives, rising inflationary pressure, and public...more

Dechert LLP

NFT fraud: the English court recognises NFTs as ‘property’ and makes proprietary interim remedies available to protect investors

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In an important ruling, the English High Court has recognised for the first time that there is an arguable case that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are to be treated as property under English law. This means that the powerful...more

King & Spalding

The Rise of Crypto SPACs

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Digital assets and special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) have been two of the hottest topics in the financial world over the past few years, and, unsurprisingly, the topics overlap with increasing frequency. We have...more

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President Biden’s Digital Revenue Proposals

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On March 8, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14067, “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” The order set national policy for digital assets emphasizing six priorities. Those priorities were consumer...more

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Biden Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets: A Critical Opportunity to Shape Blockchain &...

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On Wednesday, March 9, President Biden issued an Executive Order entitled Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. The President’s order represents the first time that the White House has sought to develop a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets: The Intersection of Climate Change and Cryptocurrencies

On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (the “Executive Order”) that sets in motion a “whole-of-government” strategy to address the impacts of the rise...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

President Biden Issues Executive Order Framing His Administration’s Approach to Regulating Digital Assets

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, President Biden issued a long-awaited Executive Order, Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets, that outlined a whole-of-government approach to regulating digital assets...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Biden Signs Executive Order Outlining Federal Government’s Approach to Digital Assets

On March 9, 2022, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order (EO) #14067, Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets, a long-awaited regulatory roadmap for executive branch agencies. In the EO, Biden directs relevant...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help: President Biden Signs Executive Order on Digital Assets

Please forgive some members of the FinTech community for remembering President Ronald Reagan’s comment: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m From the Government and I’m Here to Help.’” President...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

President Biden Signs Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets

President Biden launched an effort to establish a federal digital assets policy strategy and coordinate the related work of federal regulators by signing the Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Biden Executive Order Calls for Regulatory Proposals on Digital Assets and Central Bank Digital Currency

On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order titled “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets” (the “Order”).1 The Order directs a broad range of federal agencies to recommend legislative and...more

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Executive Order on Digital Assets Means Industry-Shifting Regulation Is Closer Than Ever

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On March 9, 2022, Bitcoin prices surged and many in the crypto community celebrated as the Biden administration announced a sweeping executive order that acknowledges the key role digital assets will play in global financial...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

President Biden Signs Cryptocurrency Executive Order

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets” (the “Order”). This widely anticipated Order came as a pleasant surprise for both proponents and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

New Biden Executive Order on Digital Assets

President Biden issued an executive order (“EO”) recently on “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” The EO calls for an aligned, all-of-government approach to digital assets, which the EO defines to include,...more

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White House Issues Executive Order Calling for Inter-Agency Study of Digital Assets

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President Biden's executive order calls for "whole-of-government" approach to studying risks and harnessing potential benefits of digital asset technologies. On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, President Biden signed a...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Detailing National Policy Objectives for Digital Assets

On March 9, 2022, the President issued an Executive Order (the “E.O.”) that articulates a high-level, wide-ranging national strategy for regulating and fostering innovation in the burgeoning digital assets space.  The...more

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