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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... more +
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 -
Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Virtual Currency Update: NYDFS Issues Key New Guidance As It Marks Two Year Milestone

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proudly announced an “update on [its] two-year transformational initiative to strengthen NYDFS’ nation-leading virtual currency oversight” on September 18, 2023. Although...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

NYDFS Proposes Updated Guidance on Crypto Listing

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The Proposed Guidance would require enhanced criteria for coin-listing and delisting procedures for New York-licensed virtual currency entities. On September 18, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS)...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

New York Department of Financial Services Issues Cryptocurrency-Related Guidance to Banks, Increases Regulatory Scope

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At a time when states are jockeying for position to become digital asset and cryptocurrency hubs and we’ve witnessed turmoil and regulatory uncertainty within the cryptoasset industry, the New York Department of Financial...more

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Bank Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks

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On the first business day of the year, January 3, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“the Fed”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

New Draft Regulation on Financial Asset Service Providers

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The Israeli Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) recently published drafts of two important circulars regulating financial asset service providers, including provisions regarding protection of virtual...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Financial Institutions to Remain Vigilant of Ransomware Attacks as they are Facilitators of Ransomware Payments

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On October 1, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to alert Financial Institutions (FI) relating to “predominant trends, typologies, and potential indicators of ransomware and associated...more

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New York Guidance on Listing Digital Assets

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New York DFS proposal: A step forward in treating digital coin assets in a manner commensurate with more traditional financial assets. The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) proposed guidance that will...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on Shareholder Proposals Exclusion, the SEC's New Asset Management...

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SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Issues Legal Bulletin Regarding Shareholder Proposals Exclusion - On October 16, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued Staff...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on SEC/Corporate, Derivatives, CFTC, Digital Assets and Virtual Currencies,...

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SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues C&DIs Regarding Notices of Exempt Solicitation - On July 31, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on SEC/Corporate, Broker-Dealer, Derivatives, CFTC, Digital Assets and...

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SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Amends the Definition of “Smaller Reporting Company” - On June 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it adopted amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company,” which...more

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Governance & Securities Law Focus: Europe Edition - July 2018

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In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal European, US and selected international governance and securities law developments of interest to European corporates. ...more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Topics on SEC/Corporate, Broker/Dealer, Derivatives, CFTC and UK/Brexit/EU...

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FASB Ceases Work on Proposal To Amend Definition of “Materiality” for US GAAP - As previously discussed in the September 1edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) had...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Bitcoin - Could Beijing Make or Break It? - Part Three

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The nature and prospects of “virtual currencies”, and bitcoin in particular, have been keenly debated. These issues again attracted attention when Chinese government authorities issued a notice on bitcoin, defining its status...more

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