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'Red Flags' for Lenders Investing in Emerging Markets: Recent High Court Guidance

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Emerging markets offer a wealth of opportunity across a wide range of sectors. Yet there can be a catch, even for sophisticated parties, especially financial institutions: a greater number of risk indicators, or 'red flags',...more

Gray Reed

Release the Kraken Tax Transaction Information

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On June 30, 2023 the District Court in the Northern District of California granted a petition to enforce the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to release customer information.  Specifically, Kraken was ordered to produce the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Government Consults on Expanding the Cryptoasset Regulatory Perimeter

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

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Crypto Litigation Claims, Defenses Industry Should Watch

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Cryptocurrency companies face a steadily growing number of lawsuits, adding to a list of recent headaches for their industry. That list includes steep recent declines in investment value and a high probability of new...more

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California Governor Orders Agencies to Create Transparent Regulatory Framework for Blockchain and Digital Assets

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California's governor issued an executive order requiring state agencies, led by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, to create a "transparent" regulatory framework for blockchain technologies and digital...more

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Pre-Enforcement Challenges—A Vital Tool for Regulated Parties in the United States

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The digital asset industry has now met the regulatory state. Those interested in building digital asset businesses that operate in the United States thus need to be aware of a vital tool for resisting regulatory overreach by...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

US Financial Regulators Release Much-Anticipated Report on Stablecoins

On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) released its much-anticipated Report on Stablecoins (Report). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of...more

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Hong Kong Corporate Insights | May 2020

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) signs agreement with MSCI Inc. (MSCI) to license indexes to launch Asia and Emerging Markets futures and options contracts ...more

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Top 10 Practice Tips: Liability Management Transactions

This practice note provides 10 practice tips that can help you as counsel to an issuer seeking to engage in a liability management transaction. Given recent market volatility, issuers in a wide range of industry sectors may...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

European Banking Authority Publishes Question and Answer Relating to Originator Risk Retention Holders in Securitisations

On 13 September 2019, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) updated its guidance in respect of the Securitisation Regulation[1] by publishing an answer to a question submitted to it in November 2018 by the Association...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

France Set to Enact the First Regulatory Framework for Crypto-asset Intermediaries

After allowing registration and transfer of unlisted securities through distributed ledgers in 2017 and drafting legislation for initial coin offerings (ICOs) earlier this year, France is contemplating the introduction of a...more

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