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
Turning up the Heat – A Look at the FTC’s Groundbreaking Fine Against Bankrupt Digital Asset Services Provider Celsius Network LLC - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
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?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Mansion House speech on 14 November 2024 and the National Payments Vision—published on the same day—set out key policy initiatives regarding the future of the UK financial services sector....more
In 2023, the digital asset industry demonstrated remarkable resilience amidst significant challenges, including the dissolution of several digital asset financial services companies, numerous bank failures, and a $4.7 billion...more
ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more
The European Union’s (“EU”) “Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation” (“MiCAR”) defines crypto-assets as digital assets that may depend on cryptography and exist on a distributed ledger. A basic taxonomy distinguishes between (1)...more
On August 8, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) issued a press release providing additional information on its Novel Activities Supervision Program (Program) to monitor novel activities in the banks it oversees. Novel activities...more
The Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCAR) seeks to regulate a broad range of crypto-related products and services that do not currently fall within the scope of existing EU financial services legislation. It does not...more
The European Commission has chosen the path of regulation for crypto-assets. This is with the aim of supporting innovation and fair competition, and ensuring a high level of consumer and investor protection and market...more
31 March - SFTR: The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published an updated version of its Q&As (ESMA74-362-893) on complying with reporting requirements under the Regulation on reporting and transparency...more
With increasing levels of capital continuing to flow into digital assets globally, an ever-growing pool of asset holders, and even governments exploring various digital asset projects, the need to examine custody services in...more
On 30 June 2022, the European Council (Council) and the European Parliament (Parliament), announced that they had reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for regulation on markets in cryptoassets (MiCA), which covers...more
In the context of enhanced interest in digital financial services technologies, Luxembourg’s financial sector regulator (the CSSF) has recently published a white paper named “Distributed Ledger Technologies & Blockchain –...more
As in other fields of digital transformation, the EU Commission wants to set a standard with its draft regulations for both cryptoassets, and artificial intelligence. But is it ready for the challenge? Both technologies will...more
The European Commission has launched two consultations on digitalization in the financial sector. They form part of the EU’s new Digital Finance Strategy which aims to deepen the Single Market for digital financial services,...more
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic continue to monitor and address cryptoasset and distributed ledger technology activities. We recently posted on the guidance issued by the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on...more
On 29 October 2018, the U.K. Cryptoassets Task Force published its final report. What Is It? The Cryptoassets Task Force was launched in March 2018 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and consists of the Treasury, the...more