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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: November 14, 2024

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After a relatively quiet October for Web3 legal developments, November has kicked off with significant activity, primarily centered around ongoing lawsuits and regulatory enforcement actions. In addition to these legal...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - November 2024

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Integrations Connect Crypto and Fiat Financial Products - This week saw the announcement of three cryptocurrency payments partnerships. In a recent press release, a major U.S. financial services company announced a...more

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - September 2024

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This monthly bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

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Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - August 2024

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This monthly bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

K&L Gates LLP

Does the Dapper Settlement Offer Rules of the Road for NFT Issuers?

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Dapper Labs (Dapper) has agreed to settle a putative class action suit brought by private plaintiffs, subject to court approval, putting to rest allegations that its NBA-endorsed nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were offered and...more

Troutman Pepper

Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Navigating the 2023 Regulatory Landscape — The Crypto Exchange...

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In the opening episode of a four-part series examining major developments in the digital assets industry in 2023, Ethan Ostroff, Addison Morgan, and Trey Smith discuss significant federal regulatory events that transpired...more

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Understanding the CFPB's Proposed Digital Payments Larger Participants Rule and Its Implications for Digital Assets — The Consumer...

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In this special crossover episode with Payments Pros and The Crypto Exchange, Ethan Ostroff, James Kim, and Carlin McCrory discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) proposed rule to supervise large tech...more

BakerHostetler

New Crypto Products Launch; Bank Pilots Crypto Trading; Reports Address Bitcoin Halving, DeFi Regulation; Crypto Enforcement and...

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New Crypto Payment and Staking Services Launch, Bank to Pilot Crypto Trading - According to recent reports, Transak, a leading payments infrastructure provider for crypto and NFTs, has announced a strategic collaboration...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Fund Tokenization: A Greenlight and Blueprint for Implementation

On 24 November 2023, the industry-led Technology Working Group of HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce (Group) released an interim report (Report) outlining a strategic blueprint for the implementation of fund...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 18

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

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Global Legal Insights Fintech 2023: BVI

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Approaches and developments - The government of the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and the BVI Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) – the principal financial services regulator – have progressed important initiatives in...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - September 2023

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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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New Crypto Products Launch; CBDC and NFT Reports Published; Network Protocol/Governance Updates Announced; Crypto Enforcement...

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New Crypto Products Launch in Exchanges, Wallets, and Custody - A recent press release announced the launch of EDX Markets, a “first-of-its-kind digital asset marketplace designed to enable safe and compliant trading of...more

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Crypto Payment Products, DeFi Networks and Price Indices Launch; CBDC Report and NFT Royalty Data Published; FinCEN, FTC Address...

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Payments Firms Launch Crypto Products, New DeFi Price Indices Announced - A U.S. fintech company recently announced the launch of a fiat-to-crypto on-ramp, which facilitates fiat-to-crypto payments using “a customizable...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recent Meta Policy Statement Outlines Goals, Hopes for Metaverse Regulator Activity

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Meta released a position paper concerning its most recent thoughts about regulation in the metaverse on Dec. 2, 2022. Noting its ongoing work with the Metaverse Standards Forum (which Meta established in June 2022 and now has...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FBI Warns About Cybersecurity Problems on DeFi Platforms

Decentralized finance platforms (DeFi) are designed to operate in a decentralized manner primarily through the utilization of smart contracts. Smart contracts are simply a name given to small “if/then” statements written in...more

Troutman Pepper

Introducing The Crypto Exchange Podcast

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Troutman Pepper’s The Crypto Exchange podcast explores the trends, challenges, and legal issues our clients and others in the industry face daily. Featuring insights from the firm’s FinTech and Payments practice groups, our...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

McDermott Will & Emery

[Virtual Event] NFTs and Web3: Compliance and Cybersecurity | Women in FinTech Networking Series - June 28th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm...

To find community, resources and support to help accelerate your career and fuel your success, we invite you to join us for our Women in FinTech Networking Series, bringing together senior women across the FinTech industry....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Recent Transaction Transfers Ownership of Digital Mortgage Loans via Blockchain

In a novel transaction for the blockchain and mortgage industries, a blockchain-focused financial services company and an investment firm announced the completion of a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage...more

BakerHostetler

Crypto Payment Offerings Launch; Exchanges Achieve Foreign Approvals; Ukraine Legalizes Crypto; Regulators Issue Warnings; $28M in...

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A large U.S.-based financial services company launched its crypto services arm last week, providing consumers with a platform to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). According to reports, the...more

Morgan Lewis

M&A in the Ever-Changing Fintech Landscape

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Fintech is having a meteoric rise among investors in the emerging tech space, accounting for the second-highest area of investment with $3.8 billion in 2021. Q4 2021 alone saw $824 million across 23 deals, indicating a strong...more

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U.S. Bank Acquires Blockchain Infrastructure; SEC Approves Blockchain-Based Exchange; FTC Warns on Crypto Scams; NFT Threats,...

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U.S. Bank Seeks to Launch Stablecoin; New Crypto Payments Data Released - A well-known digital payments consortium sold its technology platform this week to a U.S.-based bank known for its cryptocurrency-related offerings....more

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“Are You Guys Into Crypto????”: Celebrities Promoting Cryptocurrencies Become Class Action Targets

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A class action lawsuit filed against Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather, and former professional basketball player Paul Pierce earlier this month underscores the need for celebrity endorsers to take care when they approach any...more

Hogan Lovells

Non-fungible tokens: NFTs and the silence of the EU legislator

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You might expect that the European Commission, eager to act as an innovative regulator, to have non-fungible tokens, NFTs, firmly on their radar and to have dedicated a relevant part of its regulation for cryptoassets, MiCA,...more

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