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Regulatory Oversight Digital Currency Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NFT Legal Issues

This year, the SEC has ramped up its enforcement efforts against digital asset marketplaces for selling non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) (and other digital assets) the agency alleges are securities. In response, some potential...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: Regulation and Enforcement of the Digital Assets Markets, Part Two – Focus on Enforcement

In last week's Cabinet News and Views, we examined the U.S. regulators' approach to the digital asset space, with a focus on the assertion of jurisdiction by the CFTC, the SEC, prudential regulators, state executive and...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit Expands Its Reach to Cryptomining

As recently discussed in FinTech Nostradamus, the SEC recently doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. Since its inception in 2017, the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit has launched more than 80 investigations...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Targets Companies Conducting Cryptomining

The SEC recently doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.  Since its inception in 2017, the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit has launched more than 80 investigations resulting in over $2 billion in monetary...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

More Crypto Sheriffs from the SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has renamed and expanded a unit within its Division of Enforcement to address protection of investors in crypto markets. The “Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit,” which also has...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The Feds Double Down (Again): SEC Adds 20 Positions to Cryptocurrency Unit

The SEC announced on May 3, 2022 that 20 additional positions will be allocated to the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit within the Division of Enforcement.  This increase in resources will nearly double the size of the unit (now...more

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