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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 -

[Event] 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance - April 8th, New York, NY

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 1/29/2024

The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more

Treasury to Companies: Time to Take Ransomware Reporting Seriously

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/14/2021

On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published an updated sanctions advisory, providing guidance to companies on sanctions compliance obligations related to ransomware...more

Fake It Till You Make It: The Travel Rule And Virtual Currencies

King & Spalding on 10/2/2019

The Travel Rule is an old friend for those familiar with banking regulations and anti-money laundering rules. The Rule, first issued by FinCEN in 1995 with fiat currency in mind, requires banks and nonbank financial...more

Life, Libra And The Pursuit Of Data Protection

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/7/2019

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has joined data protection authorities from around the world in calling for more openness about the proposed Libra digital currency and infrastructure....more

Our Music Festival- Empowering a Decentralized Fanbase with Blockchain

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/2/2018

Distributed ledger technology is continuing to be thought of as the technology that can address some of the issues that plague the music and content-creation space. Our Music Festival (“OMF”) is relying on this technology to...more

New York Attorney General Releases Virtual Markets Integrity Report

Dechert LLP on 10/10/2018

The New York Attorney General released a report on September 18, 2018 on the results of the Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative, which was launched earlier in the year by the New York State Office of the Attorney General...more

Blockchain Developments: NY AG Issues Report, Major Japanese Exchange Hacked, Global Attitudes Diverge and Use Cases for Social...

BakerHostetler on 9/21/2018

New York Attorney General Issues Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Report - On Sept. 18, 2018, the New York Attorney General’s Office released its Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Report. The report addressed 10 major...more

Financial Services Report, Summer 2016

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/8/2016

BELTWAY - Every Last Penny Counts - Five federal banking agencies issued a Supervisory Bulletin titled “Interagency Guidance Regarding Deposit Reconciliation Practices” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance outlines...more

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - October 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/23/2015

"Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" Part III - Why it matters: It is time for another installment in our continuing "Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" coverage into the ongoing constitutional challenges to the SEC's...more

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