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The official drafting committees of the Uniform Commercial Code have promulgated proposed amendments (the “2022 Amendments”) to address transactions with certain digital assets, notably adding a new Article 12 on Controllable...more
In 2019, the American Law Institute (“ALI”) and Uniform Law Commission (“ULC”) began developing amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) to adapt to the changing landscape of transactions involving digital assets,...more
In April 2023, the SEC re-proposed amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 to expand the definition of what it means to be an exchange. When the SEC initially proposed these amendments in January 2022, there were zero direct...more
The Israel Securities Authority recently promulgated its revised legislative proposal addressing the applicability of securities laws to digital assets. The proposed legislation aims to determine how securities laws will...more
In a post-FTX environment, several financial regulators are taking action to emphasize a policy of sound custody and disclosure practices and to better understand certain risks to protect customers in the event of an...more
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is seeking comments by Tuesday, June 6 on its newly proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU). With the world of digital assets moving at lightning speed, the FASB’s...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) voted on Friday, April 14, 2023, to reopen the comment period for previously proposed amendments to Rule 3b-16 under the Exchange Act of 1934 (the...more
In its current form, the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) does little to accommodate emerging technologies such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens. In efforts to modernize and adapt the Uniform Commercial Code to...more
Lenders looking to take security interests in digital assets, including cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), may gain some certainty in the near future. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) sponsoring...more
The Israel Securities Authority is proposing to apply the same laws to digital assets as apply to financial assets, which are under the ISA’s supervision. The legislative amendments include revisions to definitions of the...more
Big changes are coming to the UCC, the Uniform Commercial Code, with regard to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. What will that mean to business transactions involving those digital assets going forward? In this...more
Emerging technologies, such as bitcoin, blockchain and non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), have led to the creation of massive alternative investment vehicles, additional portfolio diversification as well as expansion of the...more
Latham & Watkins presents a blog series on the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, which was introduced in the US Senate on June 10, 2022, to create a framework for digital assets, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology....more
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
Last week, J. Christopher Giancarlo promised a “workable” revised position limits proposed rule before he leaves as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission sometime this summer. Separately, the Securities and...more
After allowing registration and transfer of unlisted securities through distributed ledgers in 2017 and drafting legislation for initial coin offerings (ICOs) earlier this year, France is contemplating the introduction of a...more