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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender... more +
Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency.    less -
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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: September 2024

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In the last few weeks, decisions by regulatory agencies and courts overseeing cryptocurrency disputes have dominated the Web3 legal news. This can be expected to continue, even as Congress comes back from its August break, as...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: July 2024 #2

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While the nation was preoccupied with the significant developments in the Presidential race, advocates and promoters of the blockchain ecosystem were particularly attentive to the news, given the perception that the current...more

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The Shadow Financial System

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The concept of the shadow financial system rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper a month later, Osama bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda were...more

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CryptoLink - December 2023 Updates

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On the one hand, the year ended where it began. The legislation on stabelecoins and market structure that would provide a regulatory framework for digital assets has still not been enacted into law. And Securities and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Binance’s Paper Compliance Program Crumples Under OFAC Scrutiny in Largest OFAC Settlement in History

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On November 21, 2023, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced its largest settlement in history with the virtual currency exchange Binance. This almost-billion dollar settlement is a part of a larger...more

Blank Rome LLP

Crypto and Carbon and Governance…Oh My! (Was There Ever Really a Kansas for Digital Assets and Environmental Commodities?)

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On November 13, 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) Commissioner Kristin Johnson delivered a keynote address to the Atlanta Economics Club titled “Policing the (Token) Economy: Introducing Corporate Governance...more

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Crypto Fraud Remains Focus of CFTC Whistleblower Program

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For the second straight year, the majority of whistleblower tips received by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Program were related to cryptocurrency fraud. On October 31, the CFTC released its...more

Cornerstone Research

Trends in CFTC Virtual Currency Enforcement Action

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Commission (CFTC) is one of the main regulators engaged in the cryptocurrency space. Between the first quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2023, the CFTC brought 100 actions against virtual...more

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Crypto Custody Services Expand; CFTC Enforcement Targets DeFi, SEC Targets NFTs; FinCEN Warns of Crypto Scams; Major Hacks Steal...

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Financial Services Firms Expand Cryptocurrency Custody Services - According to recent reports, the cryptocurrency custody arm of a major international bank has launched its institutional cryptocurrency custody services in...more

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Key Takeaways – Digital Assets (Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, Tokenization, and CBDCs)

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With the rapid expansion and adoption of digital assets (cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, tokenized assets, and central banks digital currencies), companies of all types are being asked to address and interact with this growing...more

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CryptoLink - February 2023

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CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates these stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

Troutman Pepper

NY AG Sues Digital Asset Exchange CoinEx for Failing to Register as Broker-Dealer

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On February 22, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed an enforcement action against digital asset exchange, CoinEx, for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and for falsely representing...more

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New York AG sues crypto trading platform for failing to register

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On February 22, the New York attorney general filed a petition in state court against a virtual currency trading platform (respondent) for allegedly failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and...more

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CryptoLink - January 2023

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Whether or not there is a thaw in the long “crypto winter,” U.S. policymakers seem determined to bring some regulatory certainty to the industry. And, contrary to claims that the dramatic events of last fall would undercut...more

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The State of Digital Assets Regulation and Foundational Terminology (Crypto, Stablecoin, and CBDC)

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The last twelve months have seen unprecedented adoption, evolution, and turbulence across the digital assets sphere. Whether cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, or central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), all of which qualify as...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

A Taxonomy of Digital Assets: Is It a Security, Commodity, Banking Product, or Something Else?

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Summary - The jurisdictional lines between the different types of digital assets remain unclear. As Congress weighs separate bills seeking to establish a clear and workable regulatory framework, market participants are...more

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CFTC Settles Claims Against Founders of a Decentralized Protocol and Sues Its Successor DAO and Its Members, Pressing a Novel...

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On September 22, 2022, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) (1) issued an order settling charges against protocol creator bZeroX, LLC and its founders, and (2) filed a federal civil enforcement action...more

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CFTC Takes Aim at DAO Members in bZeroX Settlement

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The CFTC's recent announcement of its settlement with a decentralized crypto protocol operator and its two individual founders, together with its complaint against the successor protocol, reflects a novel approach to...more

Jones Day

Digital Assets Defined: Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Enter the Stage

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In this latest White Paper on our Bill analysis, we underscore headline proposals in the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the “Bill”) regarding consumer protection standards (Title V) and cybersecurity...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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The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

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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

Jones Day

Proposed Stabenow-Boozman Bill Falls Short in Bringing Regulatory Certainty to Digital Assets Space

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In Short - The Situation: Following the release of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Lummis-Gillibrand Bill"), four senators on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released their own...more

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New Bill Proposes CFTC Should Regulate Spot Digital Currency Markets

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Summary - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) of the Senate Agricultural Committee have formally proposed a new bill to regulate the digital asset market. The Digital Commodities Consumer...more

Jones Day

Digital Assets Defined: How Lummis-Gillibrand Will Shape the Coming Fintech Debate

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On June 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill"), which proposes a regulatory framework for digital assets across nine titles...more

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Analyzing the Bipartisan Proposal for Comprehensive Regulation of Digital Assets

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On June 7, 2022, Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA), a bipartisan effort to develop and provide greater regulatory clarity to the eclectic...more

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