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[Podcast] 2024 Crypto Year in Review

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Join Josh and Frank on this special year-end episode of CryptoCounsel as they take a look back at the most significant developments in crypto law and regulation in 2024. From Bitcoin's incredible surge past $100,000 to the...more

Polsinelli

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

BakerHostetler

New U.S. Stablecoin Launches; U.S. Central Bank Addresses Crypto Activities; DOJ and SEC Enforcement Continues; Major Wallet...

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U.S. Fintech Firm Launches Stablecoin; Circle Launches ‘Programmable Wallets’ - A major U.S. fintech and payments firm recently announced the launch of a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin, PYUSD. According to a press...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - December 2022

This December issue of Crypto Link covers the significant developments surrounding FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), including its bankruptcy filing and the charges against and arrest of its CEO, Samuel Bankman-Fried. In the midst of...more

Orrick - On the Chain

The SEC Sends a Telegram to European Token Offerings: Avoid the U.S.

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On March 24, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a preliminary injunction preventing Telegram from distributing $1.7 billion of its...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging The Week - February 2020

Last week, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule that would provide a bright line when a digital asset initially issued to raise funds to help develop a new network might later be regarded...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

2019 Digital Asset Regulatory Look Back (US Edition)

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It was a year filled with tantalizing tidbits and many loose ends. 2019 marked the 10th year since blockchain technology was released into the wild by its still unknown inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, who mined the first bitcoin...more

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Wind of Change - The Year FinTech Came in From the Cold - Polsinelli BitBlog: Year End Edition

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Digital assets and Blockchain technologies which were once described as the tools of criminals, are now a key part of efforts by traditional financial services firms to transform their businesses and innovative firms looking...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

What to Make of SEC Leniency in Block.one ICO Settlement?

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On September 30, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that blockchain developer Block.one had agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle charges that it had engaged in an unregistered offering of securities...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The SEC Continues Its Enforcement Streak Against Unregistered Token Offerings

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As the agency pursues and prevents offerings of tokens it deems unregistered securities, further issues emerge. The recent wave of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions relating to initial coin...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) on SEC’s Radar

This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has entered into a settlement with SimplyVital Health, Inc., a blockchain company that offered and sold approximately $6.3 million worth of securities...more

Jones Day

SEC Qualifies First Issuance of Digital Token Under Regulation A+

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The Situation: As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") continues to bring enforcement actions to stop unregistered sales of digital tokens, blockchain companies are exploring ways to sell tokens to the public...more

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ICOs and Digital Assets: A New and Optional Legal Regime in France

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The Situation: ICOs and digital assets have become a new phenomenon that has impacted many aspects of our modern economies and created an alternative way of financing for start-ups or small and medium-sized enterprises. ...more

Mintz

The SEC Confirms the Limited Scope and Nature of Utility Tokens

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On April 3, 2019, Finhub, the SEC’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology, released the “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ analysis of digital assets” (the “Framework”) providing principles for analyzing...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - April 2019

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Releases “No-Action Letter” Stating Turnkey Jet ICO Tokens Are Not Securities and Releases “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ Analysis of Digital Assets” - The U.S....more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Chairman Clayton Explains that an Asset Can Lose Its Status of Being Labeled a Security - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Chairman Jay Clayton appears to have...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - February 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Guidance on Crypto Token Sales Is Coming - In a speech at the University of Missouri School of Law, Hester Peirce, one of the SEC’s commissioners,...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

Dechert LLP

US Blockchain Enforcement and Litigation Update

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Over the past two years, prices for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets have experienced extreme gains and declines, while billions of dollars have been raised through Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”). In this dynamic...more

Perkins Coie

The SEC and Digital Assets—A Busy Year End

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The end of the year has been a very busy time for the SEC in the digital asset space. From speeches to the issuance of joint statements to enforcement actions, there are many things to highlight, discuss and consider. This...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - December 2018

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U.S. Developments - SEC Remarks on International Virtual Currency Enforcement - On December 5, 2018, Steven Peikin, Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), gave a...more

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SEC Charges Hip-Hop Artist and Boxer for Unlawfully Promoting ICOs

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On November 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in a press release that it has settled charges against two celebrities for promoting investments in ICOs without disclosing payments received for the...more

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SEC Loses Injunction Bid on Crypto ICO

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Last week, SEC Enforcement staff lost a bid for a preliminary injunction against a prospective ICO in its pre-offering testing phase....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Smart Contract Developers – Beware and Lawyer Up!

Smart contracts, also referred to as chaincode in the Hyperledger world, are one of the most powerful aspects of blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). This “self-executing” code can receive various inputs and,...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - November 2018

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Upcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (“ETF”) Decisions - On January 4, 2018, NYSE Arca filed a proposed rule change to list 9 Bitcoin ETFs. Subsequently, the time for the Security Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to approve or...more

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