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Bitcoin ETF approvals come with stark warning from SEC Chair

As of January 10, 2024, US securities exchanges may list Bitcoin ETFs for trading. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hope this decision signals a broader adoption of cryptocurrency in the United States. Perhaps it does, but...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: December 1, 2022

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic summary of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges....more

BakerHostetler

Crypto Products and Mining Initiatives Launch; Sports and Spirits Firms Embrace Blockchain; US Agencies Seek Crypto Input, Address...

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A well-known digital currency investment services company announced the launch of its first European exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a press release this week. The ETF, which will be traded on multiple foreign...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

DOL Warns 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries about Cryptocurrency Investments

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Investments in Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are becoming more and more mainstream. Driven by outrageous returns, and presenting outrageous volatility and risk, both traditional institutional and individual...more

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ETF Roundup – Issue 7 December 2021

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UPDATE ON CRYPTO ASSETS IN ETFS - In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management staff penned a letter to the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Recent Developments in the Fintech Space Mean for Our Future

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The fintech industry has been changing rapidly. Digital assets, distributed ledger technology and central bank digital currencies are gaining momentum. Multi-trillion-dollar United States Federal Reserve System money creation...more

Hogan Lovells

Michigan man sentenced to prison and ordered to repay $210,000 in crypto scam

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A man from Michigan has been ordered to repay about $210,000 for his role in a cryptocurrency scam. The fraudster solicited investments from two people, promising them large returns, but he used the investment proceeds to buy...more

Dechert LLP

UK FCA Issues Consultation Paper on Draft Regulatory Guidance on Cryptoasset Categorisation

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Following its commitment within the report issued on 30 October 2018 by the UK’s Cryptoassets Taskforce1, on 23 January 2019 the FCA issued a Consultation Paper (“CP 19/3”)2 setting out draft regulatory guidance in respect of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Token Taxonomy Act Seeks to Provide Regulatory Clarity to Crypto Industry

Two United States congressmen introduced legislation in late December that would exclude certain digital currencies from being defined as securities – a bill that, if enacted, may finally provide the cryptocurrency industry...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Sidelines Funds Focused on Cryptocurrencies

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In a January 18 letter to two of the fund industry’s leading advocacy groups, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management advised fund sponsors not to initiate registration of funds that intend to invest...more

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Investment Services Regulatory Update - February 2018

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New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS - SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Cryptocurrency-related Holdings - On January 18, 2018, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Funds Talk: February 2018

Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency - After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency

Until recently, cryptocurrencies had largely avoided the regulatory spotlight. While financial market regulators monitored the emerging sector, they largely maintained a hands-off approach as it remained on the periphery of...more

Nossaman LLP

SEC Cyber Unit Increases Efforts to Regulate Crypto-Currency

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Based on how 2017 ended, entities and individuals in the crypto-currency markets should expect increased scrutiny from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2018. The SEC’s Cyber Unit commenced its...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Securities Regulators Clear a Path for Bitcoin Funds

The British Columbia and Ontario securities regulators have taken a leap forward in the regulation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with the first registration of a fintech start-up, First Block Capital Inc., which...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Industry Responds to CSA Guidance on Cryptocurrency Offerings

The rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies and the spread of cryptocurrency offerings have attracted increased attention from securities regulators in Canada and abroad. Recently, staff of the Canadian Securities...more

Winstead PC

Bitcoin and Blockchain: Certain U.S. Regulatory Considerations for Investment Managers

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Bitcoin is the first blockchain or distributed ledger technology (“DLT”) to successfully solve a problem succinctly described by Marc Andreessen: “Bitcoin gives us, for the first time, a way for one Internet user to transfer...more

Perkins Coie

Resources on Crypto-Tokens and Securities Law

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The following resources take a deep dive into the issues surrounding crypto-tokens and securities law and recognize that, when properly designed, some tokens may not meet the Howey test...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

What Do the SEC’s Recent Bitcoin Disapproval Orders Really Mean for Investors?

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Regulators responded to a narrow question about trading bitcoin-based securities, with orders that should not limit innovation in bitcoin technologies. On March 10, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

The Bitcoin Blockchain: SEC May Approve Winklevoss Twins’ Bitcoin ETF

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Blockchain has been compared to the early days of the Internet: nearly everyone believes that it’s a world-changing technology with tremendous potential, but no-one can predict who the ultimate winners will be or what impacts...more

Hogan Lovells

Expect the Unexpected: The Year Ahead for the Financial Institutions Sector

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With contributors across the sector and the globe, we've compiled a review of some of the developments that will affect financial institutions in 2017 and beyond. The one thing that 2016 taught us was to expect the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission responded to critics of its administrative proceedings this week, proposing changes to the Rules of Practice which govern them. If adopted the new rules would modify the time period within which the actions...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - September 2015

Alleged Flash Crasher's Formal Indictment Provides More Details Regarding His Purported Spoofing - The US Department of Justice filed a formal indictment against Navinder Singh Sarao in a US federal court in Chicago on...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation

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The Commission recently filed an amicus brief defending its Dodd-Frank whistleblower rules. Those rules specify that the anti-retaliation provisions of those amendments to the Exchange Act protect those who chose not to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 47

In this issue: - SEC Sets October 2015 Target Date for Certain Dodd-Frank and JOBS Act Rulemaking - FINRA Issues Notice on TRACE Trade Reporting Obligations - NFA Issues Guidance on Exempt and Excluded...more

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