News & Analysis as of September 19, 2024

Virtual Currency › Pending Legislation

+ Follow

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 -

Breaking Down the New Bitcoin Bill: An Overview of the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 6/9/2022

On January 3, 2009, the pseudonymous “Satoshi Nakamoto” mined the first bitcoin. In the years following bitcoin’s creation, the price of a single bitcoin has increased exponentially, from essentially zero to an all-time high...more

France Clarifies the Accounting Rules Applicable to ICO Issuers and Investors

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 12/21/2018

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

Investment Services Regulatory Update - August 2018

Vedder Price on 8/21/2018

New Rules, Proposed Rules, Guidance and Alerts – SEC STAFF GUIDANCE AND ALERTS – OCIE Publishes Risk Alert on Compliance Issues Relating to Best Execution – On July 11, 2018, the Office of Compliance Inspections and...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/23/2018

The US House included the revised Volcker Rule that we’ve discussed in a broader package of Dodd-Frank reforms that it passed with bipartisan support last night. The bill—ostensibly aimed at easing restrictions on small to...more

NC Legislative Update for September 2015

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 9/9/2015

This Week - There was little action taking place in public this week at the North Carolina General Assembly. Both chambers kept relatively sparse calendars and neither chamber held any Committee meetings. The low...more

NH House Introduces Bill to Exempt Certain Users of VC From The Money Transmitter Licensing Requirements

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 2/2/2015

On January 8, 2015, New Hampshire House Bill 356 was introduced, proposing to exempt persons using private virtual currencies for internet commerce from the licensing requirements for money transmitters. H.B. 356 would define...more

6 Results

View per page

Page: of 1