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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 -

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – January 2025

DLA Piper on 1/28/2025

This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets. While the use cases for blockchain...more

First Attempt to Regulate Spot Digital Asset Activities

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/6/2023

On March 29, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) promulgated Compliance Rule 2-51, setting forth Requirements for Members and Associates Engaged in Activities Involving Digital Asset Commodities, which includes both...more

Digital Assets Defined: The Tax Code's Take

Jones Day on 10/10/2022

In June 2022, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill"), one of most comprehensive responses by Congress to date with respect to digital...more

NYSBA Tax Section’s Crypto Recommendations

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/25/2022

On April 18, 2022, the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) Tax Section published its second report on cryptocurrency and digital assets (“the Report”). The Report recommends...more

[Podcast] Blockchain University: Relationship Drama: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and the Law

BakerHostetler on 3/30/2022

Our fifth episode provides an overview of the key legal issues facing cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the U.S....more

Part 2: CFTC Finalizes Guidance on Digital Assets in the Context of Retail Commodity Transactions

Perkins Coie on 5/4/2020

The Regulation of Retail Commodity Transactions—History and Background - On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or the CFTC) finalized long-awaited interpretive guidance regarding...more

CFTC Finalizes Guidance on Digital Assets in the Context of Retail Commodity Transactions

Perkins Coie on 5/1/2020

On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or the CFTC) finalized long-awaited interpretive guidance regarding what constitutes the “actual delivery” of a digital asset in the context of...more

In or Out? – The CFTC Explains When Virtual Currencies Come Within Its Jurisdiction

Orrick - On the Chain on 3/31/2020

On March 24, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued final interpretive guidance (the Guidance) regarding retail commodity transactions involving virtual currency. ...more

CFTC defines "actual delivery" for digital assets

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved final interpretative guidance on retail commodity transactions involving certain digital assets, clarifying the agency's views in respect of the "actual delivery"...more

BitBlog Bi-Weekly Update - March 2020

Polsinelli on 3/4/2020

Strikeout for Bitcoin ETF - Another ETF bites the dust. On February 26th the SEC rejected the application of NYSE Acre for the approval of an exchange traded fund sponsored by the New York firm of Wilshire Phoenix to...more

IRS Hints at Form 8938 Requirements for Reporting Crypto Assets Held at a Foreign Exchange

Orrick - On the Chain on 1/8/2020

With the emergence of digital assets, the question has arisen whether digital assets held in “wallets” in foreign exchanges need to be reported on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign...more

Crypto and the Regulators: Will the Revolution Get Rules?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 10/18/2019

Crypto currency began with the notion of getting “off the grid” – escaping the regulators and not being regulated. Over time that notion has transmuted. Now platforms trading crypto assets proclaim that the “revolution needs...more

All Eyes Are on Regulation of Digital Assets as Federal Agencies and Lawmakers Seek to Bring Clarity: Part 1—The SEC, Utility...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 9/12/2019

Federal regulators start to address some of the recent questions about digital assets such as tokens and virtual currencies, though many questions remain. U.S. Regulators and Congress are grappling with how to manage the...more

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – January 2025

First Attempt to Regulate Spot Digital Asset Activities

Digital Assets Defined: The Tax Code's Take

NYSBA Tax Section’s Crypto Recommendations

[Podcast] Blockchain University: Relationship Drama: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and the Law

Part 2: CFTC Finalizes Guidance on Digital Assets in the Context of Retail Commodity Transactions

CFTC Finalizes Guidance on Digital Assets in the Context of Retail Commodity Transactions

In or Out? – The CFTC Explains When Virtual Currencies Come Within Its Jurisdiction

CFTC defines "actual delivery" for digital assets

BitBlog Bi-Weekly Update - March 2020

IRS Hints at Form 8938 Requirements for Reporting Crypto Assets Held at a Foreign Exchange

Crypto and the Regulators: Will the Revolution Get Rules?

All Eyes Are on Regulation of Digital Assets as Federal Agencies and Lawmakers Seek to Bring Clarity: Part 1—The SEC, Utility...

¿Vale la pena el riesgo de la Moneda Virtual?

Is Virtual Currency worth the Risk?

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

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