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Weekly Blockchain Blog - November 2024 #3

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Crypto Exchanges and Stablecoin Issuers Announce Multiple New Products - Multiple crypto sector companies have recently announced new products. In a press release, LayerZero, “an omnichain interoperability protocol that...more

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[Podcast] Blockchain University: Relationship Drama: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and the Law

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Our fifth episode provides an overview of the key legal issues facing cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the U.S....more

Carlton Fields

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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State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies (Updated July 2020)

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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 question asked...more

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U.S. man charged with operating darknet-based bitcoin 'mixer' that laundered $300 million

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted a man from Ohio for running Helix, a darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service that is alleged to have laundered bitcoins worth $300 million....more

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State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies - (Updated)

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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 question asked...more

K&L Gates LLP

FinTech Forward: Blockchain, ICOs, and Cryptocurrencies

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In this episode, Jeremy McLaughlin and Dan Cohen discuss blockchain use cases, and the regulatory trends and associated frameworks for ICOs, and cryptocurrencies. In particular, they provide an overview of the application of...more

Carlton Fields

State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies (Updated)

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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....more

Burr & Forman

Some Legal Issues Surrounding Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Part 3: Regulation of Cryptocurrencies.

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This is Part 3 of a seven-part series of posts looking at some broad legal issues affecting crypto-currencies. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Legal Issues With Blockchain-Based Crypto Games and Collectibles

The use of blockchain technology for crypto games and token-based digital collectibles is on the rise. One of the first crypto games of note was CryptoKitties. It may turn out that CryptoKitties becomes to crypto games what...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Wyoming Enacts Comprehensive Blockchain Legislation

As numerous states propose and enact legislation focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, in 2018, no state has been more aggressive in this space than Wyoming. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Purports to Thread Needle of Potentially Competing Jurisdictions by Regulators...

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As we previously have blogged, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) became one of the first regulators to wade into the regulation of cryptocurrency when it released interpretive guidance in March 2013 stating...more

Carlton Fields

State Regulations On Virtual Currency And Blockchain Technologies

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As of this inaugural publication, 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...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review – September 2017 #7

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Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

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New Hampshire Exempts Bitcoin from Money Transmitter Regulation

The pro-bitcoin legislation trend continues. This month New Hampshire passed legislation that exempts persons using virtual currency from registering as money transmitters. Specifically, the law amends existing RSA 399-G,...more

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State Regulation Roundup Revisited

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As discussed in a previous post, several states are in various stages of implementing regulations related to digital currency. Below is an updated summary of the actions currently underway....more

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