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Braumiller Law Group & Braumiller Consulting Group February 2024 newsletter

Last June (2023), in response to a ruling request from Your Special Delivery Services Specialty Logistics (YSDS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued HQ H324098, clarifying what it means to be an “owner or purchaser”...more

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Digital Assets as Collateral Under the Uniform Commercial Code

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In 2019, the American Law Institute (“ALI”) and Uniform Law Commission (“ULC”) began developing amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) to adapt to the changing landscape of transactions involving digital assets,...more

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Possessing the Unpossessable – Holding Digital Assets in Your UCC Hands

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Non-fungible tokens, crypto tokens, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets generally cannot be held in your physical hands, but they may now be legally possessed, under the Uniform Commercial Code in Delaware and other...more

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Securing the Digital Bag: Newly Promulgated UCC Article 12 and Amendments to UCC Article 9 Provide Guidance on Ownership of and...

Notwithstanding recent turbulence in the cryptocurrency markets, digital assets of all types are seemingly here to stay. Bitcoin, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens a/k/a NFTs, and even digital currency exchanged in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Uniform Commercial Code and Digital Assets: What You Need to Know

Digital assets have soared in popularity, with waves of innovation outpacing legislation and regulation. To try to narrow the gap, the Uniform Law Commission has urged U.S. states to change commercial law governing the...more

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Crypto Contagion

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Cryptocurrency had a market cap of $10 million in early 2011; it rocketed to nearly $3 trillion in February 2022 and is now down to about $1.1 trillion today. Some of this year's more notable gyrations in crypto's fall from...more

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New UCC Amendments to Establish Ground Rules for Blockchain Transactions and Crypto-Backed Secured Financings

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Just as cryptocurrency markets are attempting to thaw out from a “crypto winter,” a joint committee of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and the American Law Institute (ALI) has finalized a significant and wide-ranging...more

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The UCC and Emerging Technologies: Proposed Amendments

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Emerging technologies, such as bitcoin, blockchain and non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), have led to the creation of massive alternative investment vehicles, additional portfolio diversification as well as expansion of the...more

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2022 Is the Year of Sweeping Changes for Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Asset Transfers

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What to look out for in the proposed new Chapter 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) The world of cryptocurrencies and other forms of digital assets (such as non-fungible tokens) is exploding. While Bitcoin is the...more

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El Salvador Christens Bitcoin as Legal Tender

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A sovereign nation’s decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender raises interesting questions — and legal ramifications. On June 8, 2021, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly voted to establish Bitcoin as unrestricted legal...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - January 2020 #3

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U.S. Developments - Federal and State Regulatory Developments - Bill in Hawaii State Senate Addresses Digital Assets Including Authorization for Banks to Serve as Qualified Custodians - SB 2594 before the Hawaii...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - March 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Denver to Implement Blockchain-Based Elections for Overseas Voters - Denver moves to become the second U.S. jurisdiction to implement a blockchain-based voting system for overseas voters. Active duty...more

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