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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

New York AG Demands Crypto Platforms Cease Operations

A&O Shearman on 10/27/2021

On October 18, 2021, New York’s Attorney General (NYAG) issued cease-and-desist letters to two cryptocurrency platforms, demanding that they discontinue all operations in New York within ten days for alleged violations of the...more

New York Attorney General Sues to Shutter Cryptocurrency Trading Firm Coinseed

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/26/2021

The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James (“NYAG”) has filed a lawsuit to shut down technology company Coinseed. The state has accused the firm of selling unregistered securities in the form of digital...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 10, November 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/11/2020

VIDEO: Cryptocurrency - Legitimate Uses and Potential Issues - Following the recent publication of the U.S. Attorney General's cryptocurrency enforcement framework, Spilman attorneys Corey Bonasso and Nick Mooney discuss...more

DOJ Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework Highlights Risk for Those Engaged in Virtual Asset and Cryptocurrency Activity

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/21/2020

In case it was not already clear, the U.S. Department of Justice recently confirmed that ensuring the use of cryptocurrency “is safe, and does not imperil our public safety or our national security, is vitally important to...more

Cryptoasset Exchanges Respond to New York Attorney General’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 5/14/2018

On April 17, 2018, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) launched a Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative and sent letters to thirteen cryptoasset trading platforms requesting, through a questionnaire, disclosures on...more

New York’s AG Enters the Cryptocurrency Ring as Federal, State Authorities Find Regulatory Footing

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/1/2018

On April 17, 2018, the New York State Attorney General (“NYAG”) sent a “Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Questionnaire” to 13 companies operating virtual currency trading platforms. The questionnaire consists of 34...more

New York attorney general launches fact-finding inquiry into trading platforms for virtual currencies

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 4/24/2018

New York is the most recent to join the fray in state-led efforts to regulate the virtual currency markets. On April 17, 2018, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the launch of the Virtual Markets...more

Advertising Law - July 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/16/2015

Harlem Globetrotters Get an Assist From CARU - In a rare loss, the Harlem Globetrotters agreed, at the direction of the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU), that their age-screening practices for the company's...more

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