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Key Takeaways from the BIS Innovation Summit 2024

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The BIS Innovation Summit 2024, which took place over 6-8 May 2024, was in turns both an inspiring and surprising event. This article sets out a summary of the key takeaways from the summit....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Blockchain Analysis and Related Expert Testimony Admissible In Criminal Trial

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It is challenging for law enforcement to track down and trace illicit activities conducted through digital currencies. The process can be very time- and resource-intensive. Further, securing charges and arrests, and...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - June 2023 #2

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

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The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, May/June 2023

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Key developments of interest over the last two months include: the UK PSR publishing a policy statement on its new reimbursement requirement to fight APP fraud; the Australian government confirming its strategic plan for the...more

Morgan Lewis

Tokenized Funds, The Next Investment Trend? Regulatory Developments in the UK, EU, and UAE

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There has been a growing trend among traditional funds and asset managers to launch programs to tokenize alternative assets. The main benefits of tokenizing funds include increased liquidity and accessibility, heightened...more

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Economic Report of the President to the Crypto Industry: Thanks, But No Thanks

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In Short - The Situation: For the first time, the Economic Report of the President (the "Report") includes a chapter on digital assets....more

Epiq

How Will Bankruptcy Courts Shape Crypto Regulation?

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Last year’s cryptocurrency market crash a/k/a “the crypto winter” did not cause trembles in the U.S. economy, but it caused enormous losses to its investors. The near collapse of this decentralized currency market resulted in...more

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Federal Cryptocurrency Enforcement in 2023

This is the eighth part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: anti-corruption. The tumultuous crypto events of 2022, combined with the heightened agency and executive...more

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NFTs Hit the Mainstream—And Risk Follows

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Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, burst into our collective imagination with the auctioning of Crypto Punks and Bored Ape Yacht Club illustrations in 2021. Initially minted and launched in April 2021, the NFTs quickly rose in...more

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[Webinar] State of Crypto Market in Argentina and Lessons from the US and Europe - September 21st, 10:00 am - 11:30 am ET

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Blockchain technology, decentralized finance, and new forms of cryptoassets have a transformational impact on the financial market as we know it. Despite early adoption of cryptocurrencies in Argentina, its central bank is...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

A flurry of legal and enforcement activity has arisen over the last two weeks across a wide range of areas in the Web3 space, including actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: Regulation and Enforcement of the Digital Assets Markets, Part Two – Focus on Enforcement

In last week's Cabinet News and Views, we examined the U.S. regulators' approach to the digital asset space, with a focus on the assertion of jurisdiction by the CFTC, the SEC, prudential regulators, state executive and...more

Dechert LLP

Countdown to MiCA: The EU’s cryptoassets regulation

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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

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Crypto and NFT Asset Security

In June, OpenSea revealed user email addresses were compromised due to vendor employee error. As virtually all NFT investors do, if you have an OpenSea account then you likely had your email address leaked in late June due to...more

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NFT fraud: the English court recognises NFTs as ‘property’ and makes proprietary interim remedies available to protect investors

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In an important ruling, the English High Court has recognised for the first time that there is an arguable case that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are to be treated as property under English law. This means that the powerful...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

No Foolish Transactions: A Few Guidelines for NFT Marketplace Participants to Mitigate Anti-Money Laundering Risks

The global NFT (non-fungible token) market now is worth dozens of billions of dollars annually. Innovators and early adopters, marketplaces, and sellers, are all eager to join this market but may have questions about how to...more

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NFTs: U.S., EU, and UK Key Copyright Considerations

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NFTs are verifiable cryptographic tokens, which can act as a form of digital receipt. NFTs can also be used to evidence the authenticity, ownership, and provenance of real-world items, such as artwork and real property, or...more

SECIL Law

Deconstructing the SEC’s Cryptocurrency-Suppression Program: Part Five

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This article is the fifth in a multi-part series in which we explain how the SEC has structured its anti-cryptocurrency campaign, why the SEC has over-reached its regulatory authority in attacking the creators of digital...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

NFTs: Gateway to Financial Independence or Litigation Risk?

NFTs—or “nonfungible tokens”—are everywhere. What was once seen as a collectors’ item for crypto geeks and LeBron James TopShop fanatics is now gaining popularity with a much wider audience. Take the recent example of the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Is Regulation of NFTs to Combat Financial Crime on the Horizon?

On February 4, 2022, the United States Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) issued a report titled, "Study of the Facilitation of Money Laundering and Terror Finance Through the Trade in Works of Art." The report...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Video Game NFTs: Top Legal Considerations for Developers

The qualities of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including digital scarcity, immutable persistence, and transferability on a blockchain, make NFTs an attractive technology to integrate into video games. NFTs have been implemented...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

NFTs—The Next Crowdfunding?

NFTs are one of the hottest new technology trends of this year. An NFT—or Non-Fungible Token—is a digital certificate, typically encrypted and verifiable on the blockchain. Few have escaped the NFT headlines over the last few...more

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NFT Initiatives Launch, Congress Writes to CFTC on Crypto, SEC Charges ICO Fraud Scheme, GAO Addresses Crypto ATMs, Reports...

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From Music to Marketplaces: NFT Use Cases Continue to Expand - According to recent reports, a Philadelphia rapper has announced that the final installment of his mixtape series will drop as a non-fungible token (NFT). Details...more

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Banks to Use Blockchain for FX; Avalanche Adds USDC; NFT Boom Continues; Regulators Address Crypto Ads, Derivatives; Reports...

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Banks to Use Blockchain for FX Settlement, Avalanche Network Adds USDC - In a recent press release, two major banks announced an agreement to implement a new blockchain-based solution for the netting and settlement of matched...more

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US Financial Services Firms Announce Crypto Initiatives; Crypto Firms Pursue LATAM Market; Products Launch in DAOs, NFTs; Exchange...

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Multiple US Financial Services Firms Announce Cryptocurrency Initiatives - This week a major U.S. financial services firm announced the launch of a “Crypto Advisory Practice” that will leverage the firm’s work “with more than...more

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