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As Congress is on its August recess, litigation over digital asset issues continued with major developments in the Yuga Labs trademark case and the SEC cases against Kraken and Consensys. While these matters all involve...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the new UK securitization regime, eHELOCs, and climate risk disclosures....more
Financial Firms Complete Blockchain Pilot, UK Approves Crypto ETNs - A recent press release announced completion of the Canton Network pilot, “a first-of-its-kind program demonstrating the interoperability of twenty-two...more
Join BakerHostetler for our series of Fireside Chats about the latest developments impacting the capital markets and their participants, and the blockchain industry....more
The draft bill for Germany’s Financing for the Future Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz - ZuFinG) was published on April 12, 2023. The planned modernization measures are intended to strengthen the performance of the German...more
The Bank of Italy and Consob, as competent authorities for Regulation (EU) 2022/858 on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on DLT, declared compliance with the ESMA Guidelines on standard forms, formats and...more
Never has the digital asset space experienced such a succession of high-profile implosions and steady flow of negative mainstream press coverage, leaving many to ask—what next? The crypto industry has endured arguably its...more
One of the first patent disputes involving cryptocurrencies is being litigated in federal court in Texas. Cryptocurrency firm Veritaseum Capital sued Circle Internet Financial Ltd for alleged infringement of its...more
2022 was a turbulent year for the cryptocurrency sector, with one of the worst bear markets ever recorded and the collapse of several major cryptocurrency platforms. The breaking of Terra’s UST stablecoin peg caused a domino...more
In the latest turn of events for the closely followed Jarrett case concerning the taxation of staking rewards, on September 30, 2022, the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted the United States’...more
Below, we highlight some of our latest thought leadership articles on important legal topics and trends....more
In the 1920s, Wall Street cleared and settled trades by the end of the day after the trade instruction (“T+1”). Over the years, that cycle bloated to T+4, to T+3 in 1993, and then T+2 in 2017. Last week, the SEC proposed to...more
Stakers—taxpayers involved in proof of stake (PoS) validation of blockchain transactions—continue to operate in uncharted tax waters. PoS blockchains represent over half of the $1.68 trillion cryptocurrency market...more
A few years ago, NFTs were the subject of interest only for tech geeks and the cryptocurrency community. It seems, however, that nowadays, NFTs are almost everywhere. For those who don’t yet know, NFTs (non-fungible tokens)...more
Hogan Lovells was an associate sponsor of the Global ABS 2021 Conference held in London. Partners Sharon Lewis (Head of Financial Institutions Sector) and Michael Thomas (a partner in the financial services team), alongside...more
With bitcoin prices rocketing nearly 300% from trough to peak when COVID-19 lockdowns were announced in March 2020 and then relaxed in July 2020, I thought I would revisit a blockchain company we discussed earlier last year...more
Nachdem das Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz und das Bundesministerium der Finanzen mit dem Diskussionspapier "Eckpunkte für die regulatorische Behandlung von elektronischen Wertpapieren und...more
After the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Federal Ministry of Finance announced the introduction of electronic securities with the “Key-issues paper on the regulatory treatment of electronic...more
Despite political and economic uncertainties, markets and deal activity were resilient in 2019, and strong fundamentals remain in place heading into 2020. Companies continue to face a challenging litigation and enforcement...more
During the previous quarter, the SEC proposed new rulemaking to reduce the number of smaller companies that become subject to enhanced reporting requirements through “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” status....more
Blockchain Property Records Trial Completed, Energy Grid Project Continues, New Patents Granted - According to a press release issued late last week, U.K.-based firm Instant Property Network recently completed a successful...more
While SEC FinHub’s new framework announced last week for identifying crypto-securities suggests continued resistance for those using digital assets to access capital markets, an SEC no-action letter issued the same day to...more
The Paris office of Hogan Lovells is pleased to provide this English language edition of our monthly e - newsletter, which offers a legal and regulatory update covering France and Europe for April 2018. ...more
With crypto-currencies on the rise and technological developments providing great opportunities in the financial services sector, Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") provide an innovative way of raising capital. They are...more
Blockchain Transport Applications, Public Sector Initiatives, Protocol and Market Developments - Transportation, oil and gas industry players have put the pedal to the metal to push blockchain pilots....more