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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 -

Hong Kong Proposes Regulation of Over-the-Counter Crypto Trading

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/13/2024

On 8 February 2024, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) released a consultation paper on its legislative proposal to introduce a regulatory regime governing over-the-counter (OTC) trading of virtual assets...more

SEC charges companies, founder for operating an unregistered exchange

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/7/2023

On July 31, the SEC filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against three cryptocurrency trading platforms and their founder for allegedly conducting unregistered offerings of crypto...more

Proposed SEC Rule Would Place Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms Under SEC Jurisdiction

Troutman Pepper on 5/8/2023

On April 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reopened the comment period for a January 2022 proposal that would subject cryptocurrency exchanges and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to the Securities...more

OFAC Finds Digital Assets Trading Platform in Violation of Sanctions

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/5/2023

On March 31, 2023, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $72,230.32 settlement agreement with Uphold HQ Inc. (Uphold), a global multi-asset digital trading platform, in connection with 152 apparent...more

New York AG sues crypto trading platform for failing to register

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/3/2023

On February 22, the New York attorney general filed a petition in state court against a virtual currency trading platform (respondent) for allegedly failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and...more

Crypto platform reaches $100 million settlement to resolve alleged compliance failures

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/6/2023

On January 4, NYDFS issued a consent order against a cryptocurrency trading platform for engaging in alleged violations of New York virtual currency, anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, and cybersecurity...more

New York State Department of Financial Services Publishes First Crypto Industry Consent Order

BakerHostetler on 8/15/2022

On August 1, 2022, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS” or “Department”) issued a Consent Order, imposing a $30 million fine on Robinhood Crypto, LLC (“Robinhood”), a trading platform that allows...more

Crypto Trading Platforms and Bankruptcy Law: Are Clients Protected?

Tonkon Torp LLP on 7/21/2022

Cryptocurrency investors, who were already in the icy clutches of the so-called “crypto winter,” now have another reason to shiver. Insolvency issues are cropping up with some frequency among crypto companies, which is...more

SEC Reported to Add Another Dimension to its Cryptocurrency Enforcement Push: Insider Trading

Dechert LLP on 7/6/2022

Key Takeaways - According to sources with firsthand knowledge, the SEC is conducting an industry-wide inquiry into alleged insider trading activities of cryptocurrency exchanges. Insider trading occurs when a corporate...more

New Lawsuits Target Cryptocurrency Companies and Their Celebrity Endorsers

Bilzin Sumberg on 1/14/2022

We highlighted in a recent post regulators’ clear intentions to bring greater order to the cryptocurrency industry this year. The last three weeks have demonstrated that private litigants are not waiting on regulators to rein...more

NYAG’s Warning to Crypto Businesses Muddies Regulatory Waters; Compliance Requirements Remain Elusive

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/30/2021

New York’s chief law enforcement agency recently squandered an opportunity to bring much needed guidance to the digital assets space. On October 18, 2021, the Office of New York Attorney General, Letitia James (“NYAG”),...more

How Will Virtual Currency Be Taxed?

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/17/2021

Despite the confusing interpretations by US regulators, non-compliance with crypto tax rules can cost taxpayers dearly. Unfortunately, the answer to “how is virtual currency taxed” depends on who you ask....more

U.S. Federal Regulators Turn Up the Heat on Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 8/27/2021

With new types of digital assets and related business on the rise, federal authorities have been busy investigating. Recently, the SEC, FinCEN and the CFTC have imposed some notable settlements involving cryptocurrency...more

To Catch a (Bitcoin) Thief: Cross-Practice Team Recovers $6 Million in Short Order

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/26/2021

THE CHALLENGE: In the emerging cryptocurrency space, most investors store their assets in digital wallets, where—unlike traditional bank accounts—they earn no interest. In the last few years, cryptocurrency investors have...more

CFTC Opens Inquiry into Binance, One of the World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchanges

The Volkov Law Group on 3/16/2021

On Friday March 12, Bloomberg News reported that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has opened an inquiry into Binance Holdings Ltd. (“Binance”) to investigate allegations that the exchange allowed US citizens...more

New York Attorney General Sues to Shutter Cryptocurrency Trading Firm Coinseed

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/26/2021

The Office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James (“NYAG”) has filed a lawsuit to shut down technology company Coinseed. The state has accused the firm of selling unregistered securities in the form of digital...more

Key Regulatory Developments in Hong Kong and Singapore: November 2020

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/9/2020

Regulators propose new regulations for virtual asset exchanges and enhanced customer identity verification requirements, and launch an innovative commercial data interchange. This blog post summarises key regulatory...more

CFTC Considers New Approach to Regulation of Electronic Trading

A&O Shearman on 9/16/2020

In the wake of considerable market criticism of prior proposals, the CFTC has proposed a new approach to addressing certain risks of electronic trading. The CFTC has now officially withdrawn, on a 3-2 vote, its controversial...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

Bridging The Week - February 2020 #2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/18/2020

The International Organization of Securities Commissions articulated considerations for worldwide regulators evaluating cryptoasset trading platforms within their regulatory perimeter. However, IOSCO noted this assessment...more

Cryo-currency? Hong Kong Court grants freezing injunction over bitcoins

Hogan Lovells on 12/5/2019

A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction freezing the assets of a French cryptocurrency trader in a dispute over what happened to bitcoins held in an insolvent trading platform. In Nico Constantijn Antonius Samara v Stive...more

What to Make of SEC Leniency in Block.one ICO Settlement?

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 12/2/2019

On September 30, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that blockchain developer Block.one had agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle charges that it had engaged in an unregistered offering of securities...more

SEC Division of Enforcement 2019 Annual Report Shows Cryptocurrency Is Still Under the Microscope

Orrick - On the Chain on 11/26/2019

The SEC Division of Enforcement’s 2019 Annual Report, released earlier this month, shows a continuing focus on activities involving blockchain and cryptocurrency, and its website shows an increase in cases since last fiscal...more

Blockchain Week in Review - November 2019

Perkins Coie on 11/15/2019

U.S. Developments - Litigation - New York Resident Indicted for Duping Investors with Fake ICO Scam - On November 6, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced a wire fraud charge...more

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