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Weekly Blockchain Blog - August 2024 #3

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Crypto Firms Announce New Products in Payments, Investments, Custody - A major U.S. digital asset management company recently announced the creation and public launch of its MakerDAO Trust, which “offers investors the...more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: August 2024

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As the end of summer approaches, litigation in the digital asset industry has remained hot. In the SEC’s cases against various exchanges, ongoing discovery fights are starting to play out in court filings, and one can expect...more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog with Client Alert - August 2024 #2

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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

Goodwin

DAOs in English law: another (but not final) step forward

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With so much focus on the regulatory treatment (and mistreatment) of blockchain related businesses, the benefits of commercial legal certainty for choosing a country or territory as a home of choice for these businesses is...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: June 2024

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Our last update included a whirlwind of activities, with the surprisingly bipartisan House of Representatives vote on FIT 21 and the SEC’s approval of certain Ether spot ETF rule change proposals coming in quick succession....more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - April 2024 #2

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AI Protocols Merge, VC Crypto Funding Increases, Tether Completes SOC 2 Audit - According to a recent press release, “SingularityNET (SNET), the world’s first decentralized Artificial Intelligence (AI) network, Fetch.ai, a...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2024 - Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of Tokenizing Real World Assets

The world of cryptocurrencies on blockchains and the world of traditional assets in markets have often stood in stark contrast to one another since Bitcoin’s creation in 2008. The lack of a reliable bridge between these two...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] FinTech University: Remediation of Defective Token Offerings - February 6th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Join us for the next edition of FinTech University as we focus on the remediation of defective token offerings. This webinar will examine how defective tokens are detected, what makes a token defective, and how FinTech users...more

BakerHostetler

Banks Announce Stablecoin and Custody Initiatives; IRS CI Report Addresses Crypto; DOJ Targets Unlicensed Exchange; New Data...

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Major Banks and Technology Firms Launch Stablecoin and Custody Products - According to recent reports, a major European bank has launched its own stablecoin, “becoming the first big bank to offer digital tokens tracking...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

SEC Signals Intent to Regulate NFTs

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This past August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission took enforcement action against Impact Theory, a US media company that sold NFTs called “KeyNFTs.” It filed a second enforcement action shortly thereafter, against...more

White & Case LLP

Consumer & Retail goes Phygital – are digital and physical assets converging?

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The Consumer & Retail Industry has been an early champion of the benefits of Web 3 concepts like NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and the metaverse, helping retailers to drive sales and growth and supercharge brand awareness. NFTs...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - October 2023

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

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The CFTC’s DeFi Trifecta: Lessons and Implications for DeFi Participants Inside and Outside the US

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On September 7, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the settlement of three separate enforcement actions in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space: namely, concerning the Opyn protocol and its...more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - August 2023 #2

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

Cornerstone Research

Analyzing Blockchain Transactions To Understand and Establish Fact Patterns

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Blockchain analysis is a powerful tool that provides insight into what is happening on a blockchain network. Who is trading with whom? Which wallets are most active on decentralized finance exchanges? Which wallets are...more

BakerHostetler

New U.S. Stablecoin Launches; U.S. Central Bank Addresses Crypto Activities; DOJ and SEC Enforcement Continues; Major Wallet...

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U.S. Fintech Firm Launches Stablecoin; Circle Launches ‘Programmable Wallets’ - A major U.S. fintech and payments firm recently announced the launch of a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin, PYUSD. According to a press...more

BakerHostetler

NFT Used for Service of Process; Blockchain CO2 Monitoring Solution Launches; IRS Addresses Staking; SEC Enforcement Continues;...

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Federal District Court Enters Default Judgment Based on NFT Service of Process - A federal district court judge in Florida entered a $2.2 million default judgment against a defendant on whom the judge previously authorized...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Judges in the Southern District of New York Divided on Whether a Token Is a Security: SEC v. Terraform Labs and SEC v. Ripple Labs

Key Point - Just shy of three weeks after Judge Torres held that the digital asset XRP is not itself a security,1 Judge Rakoff held that the SEC had adequately pled that certain digital assets, such as the UST and LUNA...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IRS Issues Revenue Ruling 2023-14 on Staking

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On July 31, 2023, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2023-14, which sets forth the IRS’s position as to when certain staking “rewards” are taxable income. The Ruling analyzes a fact pattern where a cash method taxpayer “stakes...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Defining Digital Asset Securities: US District Court Issues Summary Judgment Rulings in SEC v. Ripple Labs

For the past several years, many have viewed “SEC v. Ripple” as one of the defining conflicts in the US crypto regulatory landscape. At the heart of this dispute is the question of whether digital tokens are “securities” for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Senate Crypto Bill Would Limit SEC Regulatory Role in Favor of CFTC

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week seeks “to bring crypto assets within the regulatory perimeter” by granting oversight responsibility to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for most forms...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Monetary Authority of Singapore Introduces Investor Protection Measures For Digital Tokens

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MAS has published new requirements for DPT service providers and a consultation paper on additional regulations and prohibitions against unfair trading practices. On 3 July 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore...more

DarrowEverett LLP

The Ripple Effect: SEC’s Battle Vs. Crypto Gains Some Clarity

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is paying considerable attention to the world of cryptocurrency (“crypto”). According to the SEC website, the SEC has brought more than 50 enforcement actions against crypto...more

BakerHostetler

Ripple Decision Makes Waves Finding Some XRP Sales Not Securities

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On July 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its highly anticipated summary judgment decision in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) action against Ripple Labs, Inc....more

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CryptoLink - June 2023

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates these stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

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