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Dechert LLP

Mining Your Own Business: Tax and Estate Planning with Crypto

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Cryptocurrency, a digital form of currency that uses cryptography for security, has become a significant part of the global financial landscape. As such, it has also become an important consideration in estate planning. This...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Greenlights Bitcoin ETFs: What Happened and What It Portends

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On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the launch of several BTC Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).[1] The approval order resolves the critical legal and regulatory issues entailed in...more

Shipkevich PLLC

New Jersey Legislation to Regulate Virtual Currencies Likely to Become Law

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Overview - New Jersey is positioned to adopt seminal legislation that is sure to alter the regulatory dynamic for cryptocurrency-focused businesses that operate within the state. The Digital Asset and Blockchain...more

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Cryptocurrency Firm Bitwise Asset Management Seeks SEC Review of New Bitcoin ETF

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According to an initial registration statement published on January 10, the cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Asset Management has applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to form a new...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

SEC Overrules Proposed Rule Change by BZX to List and Trade Shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust

On July 26, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“), over the objection of Commissioner Peirce, disapproved a proposed rule change application by the Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX“) that would have permitted it...more

Cole Schotz

Considerations In Estate Planning For Bitcoin, Ethereum, And Other Crypto-Currencies

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While success in crypto-currency investing is far from assured, death, sadly, is. Accordingly, it is vital that investors in Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies are prepared for the unique estate planning factors that apply...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Every Day is Bitcoin Pizza Day: What Clients and Estate Planners Need to Know about Virtual Currency

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The combined value of all of the 867 crypto currencies tracked by CoinMarketCap.com is presently over $161 billion. Only seven years ago, on what is commemorated as “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” Bitcoin, then a new crypto currency,...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Order Prevents Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust

The SEC declined to approve a rule change submitted by Bats BZX Exchange designed to permit the listing and trading the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust. The SEC said it did not approve the proposed rule change because it did not...more

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