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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 -
Carey Olsen

GLI British Virgin Islands blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2025, seventh edition

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Regulatory clarity in the digital assets and crypto space continues to be a moving target. Yet, the interest among policymakers and regulators worldwide has never been more pronounced. In the United States, 2024 was a pivotal...more

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A guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2024: Cayman Islands (GLI chapter)

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Chris Duncan and Alistair Russell have authored the Cayman Islands chapter of Global Legal Insight's sixth edition guide to blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation. The chapter covers the Cayman legal requirements relating...more

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Treasury Plans Significant Actions to Curb Illicit Digital Asset Financing

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As part of a coordinated effort with the U.S. Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Director of National Intelligence,...more

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FATF Issues Targeted Update Report on Implementation of AML/CFT Standards on Virtual Assets

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The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) recently issued an updated review of the implementation of its anti-money laundering (“AML”) and counter-terrorist financing (“CFT”) standards to financial activities involving Virtual...more

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Federal Regulators Move To Regulate Stablecoins Through Banking Laws Plus New Legislation

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The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), together with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), released a much-anticipated Report on...more

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FATF Updates Its Global Guidelines for the Regulation of Virtual Assets With an Eye to Emerging Technologies

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On October 28, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international body that sets standards for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), released updated guidance addressing the...more

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Regulatory Considerations for New Iterations in the Crypto and Digital Asset Space

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Recent news coverage has highlighted two potentially watershed moments in the FinTech revolution: the rise of Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”) that challenges both traditional FinTechs and legacy financial institutions alike,...more

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FinCEN Proposes New Reporting, Recordkeeping and Verification Requirements for Transactions Involving Unhosted Wallets

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On January 7, 2021, the original 15-day comment period ended for a proposed rule announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) that would impose new reporting, recordkeeping...more

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FATF Identifies Red Flags for Virtual Assets and Money Laundering

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently published a report titled Virtual Assets: Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. The report discusses a number of red flag indicators of suspicious...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging The Week - February 2020

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Last week, a commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule that would provide a bright line when a digital asset initially issued to raise funds to help develop a new network might later be regarded...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2020 #2

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U.S. Developments - U.S. Regulatory Developments - Bill Addressing Tax Treatment of Crypto Transactions Introduced to the House - On January 16, 2020, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA) and Congressman David Schweikert...more

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AMF Establishes New Legal Framework for Digital Asset Service Providers in France

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The Situation: Following the enactment earlier in 2019 of new French legislation to regulate activities related to digital assets (including cryptocurrency but excluding tokenized securities), final regulatory provisions were...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The implementation of the Fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive in German Law – Tighten the tight?

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In the course of the “Panama Paper” scandal, Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing – known as 4. Anti-Money Laundering...more

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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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Blockchain Week in Review - October 2019

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U.S. Developments - U.S. Federal Regulatory Developments - CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Leaders Release a Join Statement on Digital Assets - On October 11, 2019, the heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”),...more

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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the Latest Guidance From FINRA and the CFTC, and an FCA Paper...

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BROKER-DEALER - Division of Trading and Markets and FINRA Staffs Issue Joint Statement on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities - On July 8, in response to questions raised by market participants regarding...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The Financial Action Task Force and Virtual Assets

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The FATF (FATF) is an inter-governmental body with 38 members that sets standards and promotes the implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and threats...more

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France Clarifies the Accounting Rules Applicable to ICO Issuers and Investors

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France took another step towards becoming a major hub for initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) with the publication by the Accounting Rules Authority (Autorité des normes comptables or “ANC”) of Regulation No. 2018-07 of December...more

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G20 looks at October deadline for cryptocurrency AML regulation standards

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What has happened? G20 member countries are looking at an October deadline for reviewing a global anti-money laundering (AML) standard on cryptocurrency....more

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