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CryptoLink - November 2024 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024

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Crypto Payments Firms Announce New Integrations and Initiatives - According to reports, fintech bank Revolut recently announced a partnership with Ledger, a major crypto hardware wallet provider, to make it easier for...more

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CryptoLink - December 2023 Updates

On the one hand, the year ended where it began. The legislation on stabelecoins and market structure that would provide a regulatory framework for digital assets has still not been enacted into law. And Securities and...more

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New Crypto Initiatives Launch; California Governor Signs Digital Financial Assets Law; Bank Regulators Address Crypto Risks;...

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Financial Firm Completes CBDC Pilot; Exchanges Launch P2P Trading Platform - A major U.S. financial services firm recently published a press release announcing that it has “successfully demonstrated capabilities of a new...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Take Two: The Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Assets Bill 2.0

On July 12, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican senator from Wyoming who sits on the Agriculture Committee, joined...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

A flurry of legal and enforcement activity has arisen over the last two weeks across a wide range of areas in the Web3 space, including actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control,...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - August 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - Veritaseum Founder Provides Response to Asset Freeze Order - Responding to an emergency application filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall of the United States...more

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Crypto Never Sleeps: Vigilance Required in OFAC Sanctions Compliance Involving Virtual Currencies and Digital Assets

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For years, regulators around the world have struggled with whether and how to police the offering and exchange of digital assets (including virtual currencies such as Bitcoin). In the United States, such efforts were stymied...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Who will have the last word with Virtual Currency? IRS, FinCEN, SEC, OFAC or the CFTC?

Virtual Currency (VC) investors are currently investing without clarity regarding which Government Agency(s) has the final word with respect to the treatment of VC. US Agencies: IRS, FinCEN, SEC and CFTC – have expressed...more

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