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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 2024 - Bermuda (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen on 12/3/2024

Carey Olsen has contributed to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2024 for Blockchain. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of blockchain law across a variety...more

Blockchain 2024: BVI (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen on 11/19/2024

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2020 #2

Perkins Coie on 1/24/2020

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

Interbank Settlement Initiative and Crypto Payment Solutions Expand, SEC and International Enforcement Actions Continue

BakerHostetler on 9/23/2019

Blockchain Developments in Interbank Settlement, Capital Markets, Cryptocurrency Payments - According to reports this week, a major German bank has joined the emerging payments initiative, built on the Quorum blockchain, of...more

Blockchain Week in Review - December 2018

Perkins Coie on 12/13/2018

U.S. Developments - SEC Remarks on International Virtual Currency Enforcement - On December 5, 2018, Steven Peikin, Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), gave a...more

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - November 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/8/2018

This is the second edition of The Distributed Ledger, a periodic publication covering the latest trends and developments in blockchain technology, digital assets and smart contracts. In this issue, we examine the SEC’s new...more

Developments in Cryptocurrency in 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/24/2018

• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff made official statements regarding when a token may or may no longer be a security • The SEC continued to bring actions related to cryptocurrency offerings against...more

Blockchain Week in Review - July 2018 #2

Perkins Coie on 7/31/2018

U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - CFTC Issues Customer Advisory Urging Public to Use Caution When Buying Virtual Currencies - On July 16, 2018, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued...more

Global Regulators to Maintain AML Pressure on the Cryptocurrency Industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/2/2018

On February 23, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) signaled that the inter-governmental body “will step up its efforts in monitoring the use of cryptocurrencies in money laundering.” ...more

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