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Blockchain 2024 - Bermuda (Legal 500)

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Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: August 2024 #2

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As Congress is on its August recess, litigation over digital asset issues continued with major developments in the Yuga Labs trademark case and the SEC cases against Kraken and Consensys. While these matters all involve...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: August 2024

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As the end of summer approaches, litigation in the digital asset industry has remained hot. In the SEC’s cases against various exchanges, ongoing discovery fights are starting to play out in court filings, and one can expect...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Navigating the 2023 Regulatory Landscape — The Crypto Exchange...

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In the opening episode of a four-part series examining major developments in the digital assets industry in 2023, Ethan Ostroff, Addison Morgan, and Trey Smith discuss significant federal regulatory events that transpired...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Understanding the CFPB's Proposed Digital Payments Larger Participants Rule and Its Implications for Digital Assets — The Consumer...

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In this special crossover episode with Payments Pros and The Crypto Exchange, Ethan Ostroff, James Kim, and Carlin McCrory discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) proposed rule to supervise large tech...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - March 2024 #2

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Financial Institutions Add Bitcoin ETFs, Crypto Product Integrations Continue - According to recent reports, two major U.S. financial institutions have begun offering spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to their...more

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New Crypto Products Launch; Bank Pilots Crypto Trading; Reports Address Bitcoin Halving, DeFi Regulation; Crypto Enforcement and...

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New Crypto Payment and Staking Services Launch, Bank to Pilot Crypto Trading - According to recent reports, Transak, a leading payments infrastructure provider for crypto and NFTs, has announced a strategic collaboration...more

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デジタル資産とWeb 3.0に対する日本の「国家戦略」: 税制改革、ステーブルコイン、NFT、投資、及び、国際的リーダーシップ - Japan’s “National Strategy” for Digital Assets and Web 3.0: Tax...

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2021年に就任以来、日本の岸田文雄首相は、日本に「新しい資本主義」を確立することを目指してきた。岸田首相のビジョンの中心にあるのは、日本の「Web3.0時代におけるデジタル経済」を発展させるための「国家戦略」であり、これは「デジタル社会の実現」と日本経済の未来にとって「鍵」となるものだと岸田政権は考えている。世界中で「激しい競争」が繰り広げられる中、日本は、ブロックチェーン技術に基づく分散型ネットワークである「Web3の未来を先導」するため大規...more

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Decentralized Autonomous Organization Laws Across the U.S.

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Blockchain technology is a buzzword that has been used by companies for years. In general, blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger used to record and validate transactions. Historically, the focus has primarily been on...more

Morgan Lewis

IRS Releases Proposed Digital Asset Regulations

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released proposed regulations regarding broker reporting for digital assets, including expansions of and additions to certain definitions, rules, and requirements. The IRS seeks...more

A&O Shearman

MiCAR under the microscope – Part 2: Are you in or out of scope?

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The Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR) seeks to regulate a broad range of crypto-related products and services that do not currently fall within the scope of existing EU financial services legislation. It does not...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Crypto Winter: How Companies and Investors Can Reduce Risk Amid Rising Enforcement and Litigation

The most recent crypto winter has been accompanied a flurry of U.S. enforcement actions and private litigation. Authorities fined Bitmex $100 million and sanctioned Tornado Cash. A wave of class actions grew. FTX’s collapse...more

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Online intermediaries are obliged to collect Spanish VAT on sales of NFTs through their marketplaces

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Due to the anonymity of non-fungible tokens’ (“NFTs”) transactions, sellers face practical difficulties in determining whether or not they should charge Spanish Value Added Tax (“VAT”) to the buyers on sales through online...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Uniform Commercial Code and Digital Assets: What You Need to Know

Digital assets have soared in popularity, with waves of innovation outpacing legislation and regulation. To try to narrow the gap, the Uniform Law Commission has urged U.S. states to change commercial law governing the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Aim To Provide Clarity on the Transfer of Digital Assets

Over the last few years, stakeholders in the digital asset space have questioned how digital assets should be treated for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), a comprehensive body of laws relating to commercial...more

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Digital Assets and Blockchain: 2022-23 Key Trends

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2022 promises to be a defining year for digital assets and blockchain, as governments move from a watch and wait position to delivering regulatory frameworks and taking strides to harness the potential of the technology....more

McGlinchey Stafford

Understanding DeFi: Words Have Meaning, But What Do They Mean?

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Perhaps the most challenging (and intimidating) part of Decentralized Finance is understanding all the terms and industry jargon—many of which are new and technical, while others are as old as time but commonly misunderstood....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

From Station Wagon to Lamborghini: One CypherPunk’s Journey from Cryptoanarchy to Solana Cross-Chain NFT Innovations

In this episode of Crypto Innovators, co-hosts Eric Swartz, senior counsel and Vice Chair of Lowenstein Crypto, and Leah Satlin, counsel in Lowenstein’s Tech Group, talk to self-described CypherPunk Zach Silva, head of...more

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NFT at your service – English court grants service of proceedings by blockchain

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For the first time, the English court has granted permission for service of proceedings to be effected by non-fungible token (NFT) on the blockchain. The option to serve by NFT may be vital for victims of cryptocurrency fraud...more

Dechert LLP

The UCC and Emerging Technologies: Proposed Amendments

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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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

The Rise and Recognition of the DAO

“Blockchains” have been hyped as the most important technological revolution since the internet. As of the writing of this article, cryptocurrencies and NFTs are valued at over $1 trillion, despite the continued volatility in...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Electronic Gaming Podcast | The Wild West of Gaming NFTs - Adam Shevell

Join Wilson Sonsini Partner Adam Shevell as he takes us through the wild, wild west of the NFT world. Adam's passion for video games has been prevalent throughout his life and that passion carries over into his career today....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

When Airdrop? New Approach for Service of Anonymous Crypto Defendants

Blockchain – Crypto theft – Alternative Service on anonymous defendants - Jurisdictions the world over are seeing a marked increase in civil cases relating to crypto theft, fraud and misrepresentation. However, a major...more

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Crypto Payment Initiatives Launch; Report Cites Evolving Crypto Views; G7, ECB, BIS Address Crypto Risks; DOJ, CFTC Target NFT...

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New Cryptocurrency Payments Systems, Tokens and Trade Associations Launch - A leading global cryptocurrency platform has reportedly announced a partnership with a global e-commerce platform that would allow e-commerce...more

Morgan Lewis

Biden-Harris Administration Takes On Digital Asset Regulation

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US President Joseph Biden’s recent executive order outlines the administration’s first take on regulating the digital asset industry, which includes cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens. The order lays out six policy...more

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