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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 -

Regulatory Update: Cayman Islands VASP Licensing Regime Now in Effect

Conyers on 4/23/2025

The Cayman Islands Government has taken a significant step in the regulation of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) with the commencement of the licensing regime under the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (as...more

The Importance of Sound Corporate Governance for Virtual Asset Service Providers: Lessons from Past Failures

Conyers on 10/3/2024

In recent years, the virtual asset industry has experienced exponential growth, bringing about innovations in digital payments, tokenisation and decentralised finance (Defi). While highly innovative, the volatile nature of...more

Cryptoasset Exchanges Respond to New York Attorney General’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 5/14/2018

On April 17, 2018, the New York Attorney General’s Office (“OAG”) launched a Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative and sent letters to thirteen cryptoasset trading platforms requesting, through a questionnaire, disclosures on...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/27/2018

SEC Proposes to Enhance Protections and Preserve Choice for Retail Investors in Their Relationships with Investment Professionals - On April 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose a package of...more

U.S. Senate Hearing on Cryptocurrencies

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 3/1/2018

On Feb. 6, Jay Clayton and Christopher Giancarlo, the chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), respectively, jointly testified before the Senate Banking...more

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