A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Nation: A Government Insider’s View
Exploring the AI and Crypto Intersection
A Tale of Two Crypto Cases
The Justice Insiders Podcast: The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial: Defendants Testifying (Poorly), FOMO, and How to Actually Blame Lawyers
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Exploring DAOs
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Crypto Year in Review 2022: State-Level Regulatory Developments in the Digital Asset Market - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Episode 256: The FTX Scandal and Cryptocurrency Risks: Featuring Matt Stankiewicz from The Volkov Law Group
Bankruptcy Filings Among Crypto Exchanges: Is This a Sign of the Future? - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Navigating the Impact of Counterparty Insolvency and Negative Market Conditions in the Crypto Space
Whose Crypto Is It Anyway? Bankruptcy and Crypto - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Part 2: Additional Implications for Cryptocurrency Companies in Bankruptcy
Crypto Enforcement Is Here, and Always Has Been
Crypto and DeFi Platforms: Aggressive SEC Enforcement on the Way?
On 13 September 2024 Legislative Decree no. 129/2024 (Decree no. 129), implementing the MiCAR Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets –...more
On October 21, 2024, the Division of Examinations (“EXAMS” or the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released its examination priorities (the “2025 Priorities”) for fiscal year 2025 (which...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has launched a survey on legal entity identifiers to gather evidence on how the optionality in the use of legal identifiers would impact market participants were it to be...more
The SEC has been busy, both in bringing actions against digital industry participants and in defending against affirmative lawsuits brought against the agency regarding the lack of notice and rulemaking for digital assets...more
On September 19th, 2024, the CSSF published its 2023 annual report, highlighting key regulatory challenges, particularly in the realm of crypto-assets following the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...more
Financial Markets Infrastructure: The Bank of England published a speech by Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, on operational resilience and its expectations of financial market infrastructures...more
Der deutsche Gesetzgeber hat auf die Vereinheitlichung der europäischen Finanzmarktvorschriften geantwortet: Im Oktober 2023 hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen den Referentenentwurf für das Gesetz über die Digitalisierung...more
On December 19, 2023, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a report on decentralized finance to address market integrity and investor protection. The report includes nine policy...more
The huge expansion of crypto-assets over recent years and the popularity of their underlying technology (distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain) have come with their share of challenges, including a significant...more
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Welcome to the UK Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
On October 16, 2023, the Division of Examinations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Division” and the “SEC,” respectively) announced its examination priorities for 2024. While the Division typically...more
A pair of recent rulings from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) have potentially increased confusion around the regulatory status of crypto asset regulation—but may also provide some interesting signs of what’s to...more
With new provisions in effect beginning August 29, 2023, the UK’s regulatory framework for digital assets begins to take shape. FSMA 2023 explicitly brings cryptoassets within the FCA’s regulatory perimeter and creates a...more
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
In May 2023, the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published its Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets Consultation Report, which proposes 18 policies it plans to...more
Stepping into a breach that finds the United States without a comprehensive cryptocurrency framework while the EU is about to implement its own cryptocurrency framework this July (called Markets in Crypto Assets or MiCA,...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
Earlier this month, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released draft policy recommendations to support greater regulatory and oversight consistency within the crypto and digital assets markets....more
Explore how the latest in digital asset regulatory developments, cryptocurrency litigation and tax compliance issues are shaping financial markets in the U.S. Join us for our upcoming webinar featuring Bederson principal...more
In Short - The Situation: For the first time, the Economic Report of the President (the "Report") includes a chapter on digital assets....more
The UK Government (Treasury) has published a consultation and call for evidence on a ‘Future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets’ which sets out what is being called ‘phase 2’ of the UK’s approach to...more
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has released its 2023-24 draft Statement of Priorities, in which the OSC furthers previous goals, but with renewed focus on emerging trends and drivers of change – including financial...more
Last week, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission posted a sample comment letter (see the sample letter) in order to provide guidance to reporting companies regarding the...more