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Weekly Blockchain Blog - September 2024

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Crypto Payments Firms Announce New Integrations and Initiatives - According to reports, fintech bank Revolut recently announced a partnership with Ledger, a major crypto hardware wallet provider, to make it easier for...more

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Crypto Asset Investigations: Key Considerations and Pitfalls

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Crypto assets are some of the most rapidly evolving and increasingly adopted assets in the world. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is emerging as a blockchain-based alternative to traditional banking and financial services and...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog – March 2024 #4

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Hyperledger Announces Financial Group, Exchange Adds Custody Service - According to a recent press release, Hyperledger Foundation, a global ecosystem for enterprise-grade blockchain technologies, has announced that two...more

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SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs; CFTC Publishes DeFi Report; FINRA Addresses Crypto Assets; Reports Provide Data on Crypto Scams

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On January 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) simultaneously approved eleven spot bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on an accelerated basis based on its Order Granting Accelerated Approval of Proposed...more

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SEC Sends Clear Message to Crypto Industry that Registration is Necessary

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again flexed its regulatory might in its latest and clearest message to the cryptocurrency market that SEC registration is necessary for most decentralized financial...more

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Is decentralised governance of bitcoin really a myth? The fiduciary duties of cryptoasset software developers is a serious issue...

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"If the decentralised governance of bitcoin really is a myth, then in my judgment there is much to be said for the submission that bitcoin developers, while acting as developers, owe fiduciary duties to the true owners of...more

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Dubai Financial Services Authority Issues New Regime to Regulate Crypto Tokens

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The regime introduces rules on various crypto tokens, including cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, in the Dubai International Financial Centre. On November 1, 2022, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) crypto...more

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Expansion of SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit portends more active enforcement

On May 3, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the expansion of its newly styled Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit (Unit) (formerly known as the Cyber Unit), housed within its Division of...more

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Crypto is . . . Everywhere . . . and the SEC and other Regulators Are Sprinting to Keep Up

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Crypto seems to be everywhere these days. Just last week Fidelity Investments launched a bitcoin option for its 401(k) plans. The nation’s largest plan administrator is providing the 23,000 companies it manages retirement...more

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2021 Digital Asset Regulatory Lookback (US Edition)

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Popular and institutional interest in digital assets, decentralized applications, NFTs, and blockchain technology skyrocketed, and regulators sprinted to catch up. For the digital asset markets, 2021 was a banner year....more

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Regulating the Ether: Lessons for the MENA Digital Asset Industry from U.S. Enforcement Actions

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As the global digital asset industry continues to grow, regulators worldwide have increased efforts to define and shape the legal landscape through various approaches. In the UAE, for example, the Financial Services...more

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SEC Chair’s Remarks Suggest Crypto is the “Wild West,” Signaling Future Enforcement and Desire for Enhanced Regulatory Authority

Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), attracted a lot of attention following his remarks at the Aspen Security Forum earlier this month, asking Congress for more authority “to write rules for...more

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Cryptocurrency: An Evolving Market Still in its Infancy and Where it Stands Today

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Bitcoin was first introduced in a 2009 white paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.  Since then, cryptocurrencies, also known as virtual or digital currencies, have exploded, with thousands of different types...more

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