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UB Greensfelder LLP

Chasing the Crypto: Why a Ruling in the Madoff Case May Significantly Expand the Universe of FTX Clawback Defendants

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While there are still many unknowns in FTX’s bankruptcy including what, exactly, happened to billions of dollars of customer deposits on the former crypto trading platform, one thing is almost certain: there will be an...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Les ACVM renforcent l’approche visant les PNC non inscrites et prennent position sur les cryptomonnaies stables

Les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont annoncé qu’elles renforceront leur approche à l’égard des engagements préalables à l’inscription (les « engagements ») des plateformes de négociation de...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

CSA Gets Tougher on Unregistered Crypto Trading Platforms and Takes Position on Stablecoins

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) umbrella group has announced that it will take a tougher line with respect to preregistration undertakings (Undertakings) for crypto asset trading platforms (CTPs) that operate in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

April 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions And Regulatory Guidance Roundup

In April, we continued to see a steady pace in the seriousness and frequency of crypto enforcement actions by state and federal law enforcement.  (See our March 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions Roundup blog here where we...more

WilmerHale

Split SEC Settles Touting Charges with ICO "Listing" Website

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On July 14, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) announced settled charges against Blotics, Ltd., f/d/b/a Coinschedule Ltd. (Coinschedule), the UK-based operator of Coinschedule.com, a...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Securities Regulators Deliver Bear Hug to Crypto Asset Trading Platforms Operating in Canada

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently published guidance on how securities legislation applies to platforms that facilitate the trading of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFTC and DOJ Charge BitMEX and Executives With Illegally Trading in Digital Assets and Ignoring BSA/AML Requirements

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Incorporating in the Seychelles but Allegedly Operating in the U.S. Spells Trouble for Company and its Founders - The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange, or BitMEX, is a large and well-known online trading platform dealing in...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

First Federal Ruling Against SEC on Whether Digital Token is a Security

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On November 27, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denied the Securities and Exchange Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block an initial coin offering, finding the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

This is the inaugural issue of The Distributed Ledger, a periodic publication covering the latest trends and developments in blockchain technology, digital assets and smart contracts. In this edition, we examine a federal...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Waivers with Strings Attached: the Wave of the Future?

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The SEC recently attached potentially precedent-setting conditions to a waiver from certain automatic disqualifications under the federal securities laws. Without such waivers, defendants that settle securities law...more

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