U.S. Developments -
Members of Congress Request SEC Clarity On Digital Securities Custody -
On December 9, a bipartisan group of representatives penned a letter to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton regarding the issue of...more
12/16/2020
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Fifth Circuit Limits Privacy on Digital Asset Transactions -
On June 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) ruled that FBI agents who subpoenaed a cryptocurrency exchange for records...more
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Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives Regarding Libra -
On October 23, Facebook, Inc. CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified before the House Committee on Financial Services regarding...more
11/1/2019
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The Ethereum Classic blockchain was the victim of a 51% attack (often called a majority or Sybil attack) on January 5, 2019 that reorganized portions of the blockchain and allowed the attackers to double-spend 219,500 ETC...more
2/22/2019
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New Appointments to the SEC and CFTC Have Their Eyes on Virtual Currency -
The U.S. Senate voted this week to confirm Dawn Stump (R) and Dan Berkovitz (D) as commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more
9/12/2018
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