A Practical BVI Guide to Crypto, Tokens and VASPs
NFTs 101: The Basics of Non-Fungible Tokens, and Beyond
Payments Firms Launch Crypto Products, New Crypto Adoption Data Published - According to a recent press release, a well-known U.S. payments and financial technology company announced that it will allow its United States...more
The case involves substantive litigation that could yield important legal principles for the treatment of decentralised projects. Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAO) are unique structures that operate...more
Financial Firms Announce Crypto Initiatives, Stablecoin Growth Continues - A major U.S. crypto investment company recently announced the launch of its Avalanche Trust, which “offers investors the opportunity to gain...more
Crypto Offerings Launch by Major Investment Bank, Asset Manager and Insurer - According to a recent report, a major multinational investment bank and financial services firm is now allowing its investment advisors to pitch...more
The European Banking Authority and European Securities and Markets Authority have published joint guidelines on the suitability of members of the management body, and on the assessment of shareholders and members with...more
On June 30, 2024, the new Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) regulation, which affects stablecoins in the European Union, went into effect. This client alert outlines the critical obligations and considerations for stablecoin...more
The first phase of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) applies from 30 June 2024. Issuers of asset-reference tokens (ARTs) must be authorized in the EU, which includes submitting a detailed application and...more
Demand for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is rapidly growing across the decentralized finance (DeFi) community, with growing interest among existing crypto-native participants and across the traditional finance industry...more
The March decision in Williams v. Binance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit marks the latest chapter in the judiciary's struggle to apply the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Morrison v. National...more
Tax reform, like spring, is in the air. The Biden Administration recently released its fiscal year 2025 revenue proposals, known as the annual “Greenbook.” The Greenbook’s 250+ pages of tax reforms include six potential...more
Implementation of Basel Committee cryptoassets standard to provide additional clarity for banks looking to engage in cryptoassets business. On 7 February 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) released a...more
Fund Tokenisation: The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a press release announcing that it has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian, a collaborative initiative with the financial industry...more
On July 13, 2023, the Court ruled in partial favor of Ripple Labs Inc.’s argument that many of its XRP sales did not violate investor-protection laws. The ruling has sent the crypto world ablaze with speculation on the future...more
Way back (if we’re counting tech years) in 2014, artist Kevin McCoy (“McCoy”) created a digital record of his pulsating, octagon-shaped digital artwork Quantum on the Namecoin blockchain on May 2, 2014, thereby minting “the...more
The new standard aims to improve accounting treatment of certain digital assets under GAAP and may pave the way for increased institutional adoption. On September 6, 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)...more
As we approach the half way point in 2023, it's time to take stock of developing trends in private markets and what it could mean for the future. Our Funds and Asset Management Partner, Kamar Jaffer, has identified some...more
On July 13, 2023, Judge Analisa Torres in the Southern District of New York issued the much-anticipated summary judgment order in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against Ripple Labs and two senior leaders,...more
Eleven months after the publication of its monster consultation paper, the Law Commission has published its final report on Digital Assets. Last time, tongue in cheek, we likened the hype to that for “Top Gun: Maverick”,...more
The EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 9 June 2023. MiCAR is a the major, step toward an EU-wide uniform code governing crypto-assets, such as BTC,...more
On April 21, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Chief Counsel Advice memorandum (ILM 202316008), concluding that a protocol upgrade to the consensus mechanism of a cryptocurrency blockchain that did not...more
On March 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint in US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Justin Sun, the owner of BitTorrent, Inc., a file-sharing platform; three...more
A California federal court recently held that all governance token holders were responsible for any losses suffered in a security incident. Specifically, the court, in denying a motion to dismiss, ruled in part in favor of a...more
Companies are pouring capital into the metaverse, often on expectations of outsized future returns. Investment in the metaverse more than doubled in 2022, and industry experts have projected that the metaverse could generate...more
Conyers attorneys Eric Flaye and Nicholas Kuria provide a practical overview of cryptocurrency and tokens in the British Virgin Islands and discuss the impending Virtual Asset Services Providers Act, 2022. This webinar is...more
We are heading into the holiday season. It’s a Wonderful Life will be on television. And cryptocurrency bankruptcies will be in the news. Yesterday, BlockFi filed for bankruptcy. What does a seventy year old Frank Capra movie...more