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Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - March 6, 2025

Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

DraftKings NFT Settlement Leaves Securities Question in Limbo

A class action lawsuit brought against online gaming company DraftKings Inc. relating to the company’s short-lived marketplace for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, is likely to settle. Because the case will not proceed to a...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Commissioner Calls for Public Input on Crypto Asset Regulation

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US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce and the SEC’s Crypto Task Force recently underscored the new administration’s commitment to engage with digital asset market participants in the near...more

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Beyond the Blockchain: What’s Next for Digital Assets After Explosive Growth in 2024

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Web3 represents the next evolution of the internet, characterized by decentralized networks and blockchain technology, enabling user-centric platforms and applications with enhanced security and data ownership. Digital...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - February 2025 #4

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U.S. Digital Asset Companies Continue Product Launches, Market Expansion - U.S. nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea recently announced the launch of its new OS2 digital asset trading platform, which expands into...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Hester Peirce's Journey and Crypto Task Force

While some of the crypto developments we have reported on in this edition of Cabinet News & Views have had a distinctively partisan bent to them, the departure of Gary Gensler from the Securities & Exchange Commission...more

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UK and US Cryptoasset Regulation - What direction next?

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At present, Cryptoassets are largely unregulated in the UK. However, the growth of crypto cannot be ignored and many argue that regulators need to take action to ensure adequate consumer protections are in place and to...more

Cooley LLP

Don’t Celebrate Just Yet – Potential Litigation Risks Under the Trump Administration

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The inauguration of President Donald J. Trump has been widely celebrated as the dawn of the first pro-crypto presidential administration – a dramatic shift from the Biden administration’s antagonistic stance on crypto. But...more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Enforcement of Cryptocurrency Dropped 30% in the Last Year of the Gensler Administration

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Enforcement during Gensler administration was considerably higher than during the previous administration. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought 33 cryptocurrency-related enforcement actions in 2024, the...more

Polsinelli

Top 10 Web3/Blockchain Legal Developments of 2024

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The legal landscape surrounding blockchain technology underwent dramatic shifts in 2024, particularly in the United States, offering both remarkable opportunities and substantial compliance challenges. Governments introduced...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NFTs and Securities Law Issues Are on the Rise – SEC Analysis Relies on Resale Royalties

Until fall 2023, there were few SEC enforcements or litigations involving securities issues with non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). This has changed dramatically. In rapid succession last fall, the SEC undertook two enforcements...more

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

DLA Piper

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – October – December 2024

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This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets. While the use cases for blockchain...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: November 14, 2024

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After a relatively quiet October for Web3 legal developments, November has kicked off with significant activity, primarily centered around ongoing lawsuits and regulatory enforcement actions. In addition to these legal...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

A New Prologue for Crypto – A Practical Analysis and Proposal in the Name of Efficiency and Sound Regulatory Policy

"The United States, with its history of welcoming innovators, has a large reserve of good will. In a country that ever aspires to improve with time, people are hopeful that bad policy approaches can change. This hope is not...more

Bracewell LLP

PRG 2024 Post-Election Pulse Check: Digital Assets

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Joshua C. Zive, senior principal in Bracewell’s Policy Resolution Group, and Kyle J. Spencer, a PRG principal, discuss the potential impact of the 2024 elections on digital asset policy....more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Embracing Innovation: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Crypto Regulation - #22

In today's episode of Block and Order, hosts Kyle Lawrence and Moish Peltz sit down for an incredible discussion with a very important special guest... SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce! Commissioner Peirce joins us to discuss...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

OpenSeason: The SEC’s Enforcement Activity Threatens OpenSea and NFTs

Although the excitement for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) may have faded since its peak in 2022, the world’s largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea, has new and unwanted attention from the SEC. In addition to a potential enforcement...more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: September 2024 #2

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The last two weeks have seen a flurry of Congressional hearings addressing key digital asset issues, alongside several noteworthy consent judgments against industry participants from the SEC. These fast-paced developments are...more

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - September 2024

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This monthly bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024 #3

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Leading U.S. Crypto Companies Announce Multiple New Products, Integrations - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently announced the launch of cbBTC – an ERC20 token backed 1:1 by bitcoin held by the exchange. The new...more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024 #2

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According to recent reports, two U.S. multinational financial technology companies have integrated Ethereum Name Service (ENS), a decentralized naming system built on the Ethereum blockchain, into their payment platforms....more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: September 2024

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In the last few weeks, decisions by regulatory agencies and courts overseeing cryptocurrency disputes have dominated the Web3 legal news. This can be expected to continue, even as Congress comes back from its August break, as...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - August 2024 Updates

The Senate has yet to take action on the 21st Century Act (FIT21) (H.R.4763) which passed the House by a comfortable margin of 279-136 on May 22, 2024. FIT21 is a proposed landmark piece of legislation that would enact a...more

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - August 2024

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This monthly bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

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