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What We Have Here Is a Success to Communicate: SEC Releases FAQs for BDs and Transfer Agents Relating to Crypto Asset Activities...

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On May 15, 2025, the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) released responses to frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) relating to crypto assets and...more

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Cryptocurrency Tax Update: Impact of New IRS Guidance and Proposed U.S. Tax Rate Increase

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The IRS recently clarified its position on the U.S. income tax treatment of a hard fork. A hard fork occurs when protocols on a blockchain change, causing a "fork" or splintering of the existing blockchain into two distinct...more

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SEC Issues Guidance for Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Assets

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In a year-end change of course, the SEC identified the minimum steps that broker-dealers must take when acting as custodians of digital asset securities. On December 23, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

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IRS Officials Discuss Promotional Airdrops, Pre-2018 Crypto-for-Crypto Exchanges, and Other Issues Not Addressed in Recent Tax...

In October of 2019, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued the first new guidance on the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions in over five years (the “Guidance”). The Guidance comprising a revenue ruling (Rev. Rul....more

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Virtual Currency

On Oct. 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “Service”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 concerning the tax consequences of virtual currency hard forks, as well as FAQs on the taxation of virtual currency generally. This...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

New Guidance from the Internal Revenue Service on Cryptocurrency: Rev. Rul. 2019-24 Clarifies the Agency’s Position on Hard Forks...

On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (“the Service”) published further guidance regarding the tax treatment of cryptocurrency.  This marks the first time since 2014 that the Service has provided insight into the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Issues Guidance Regarding Virtual Currency Transactions

On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued long-awaited guidance relating to transactions involving virtual currencies, such as cryptocurrencies. Aligned with the agency’s continuing efforts to enforce tax...more

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IRS answers some, but not all, questions in long-awaited cryptocurrency guidance

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The first official guidance on the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions in more than five years has been issued. The guidance includes both a Revenue Ruling (Rev. Rul. 2019-24, 2019-44 I.R.B. 1) and answers to...more

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IRS Issues Virtual Currency Tax Guidance on Forks and Airdrops

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On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24 (the “Revenue Ruling”) and questions and answers (the “Q&A” and, together with the Revenue Ruling, the “Guidance”) addressing certain...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IRS Issues Long-Awaited Cryptocurrency Guidance in Revenue Ruling 2019-24 and New FAQs

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On October 9, 2019, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which provides guidance with respect to hard forks and airdrops of cryptocurrency, and new frequently asked questions (FAQs), which provide guidance on other...more

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IRS Issues Guidance for Transactions Involving Virtual Currency

On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which describes when a "hard fork" results in adverse tax consequences, and a set of frequently asked questions (the FAQs), which provide...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FinCEN Publishes Guidance Pertaining to Certain Business Models Involving Convertible Virtual Currencies

On May 9, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US Department of the Treasury (FinCEN) issued guidance relating to how its regulations apply to certain businesses that transact in "convertible virtual currencies"...more

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SEC Gives Guidance on Securities Analysis for Digital Assets

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TurnKey No-Action Letter and Framework Publication - The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") recently issued highly anticipated guidance to assist market participants in determining whether a digital asset is...more

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New Patent Office Guidance and Blockchain-based Patents

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Recently, the Patent Office announced two new Guidance documents which although not targeted specifically to blockchain technology provide insight into strategies for the drafting and prosecuting of blockchain-based patents....more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Week in Review – October 2017

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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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SEC Determines That Certain Virtual Tokens Are Securities

On July 26, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report concluding that certain tokens (or coins) offered and sold by The DAO, a virtual organization, were securities under the Securities...more

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