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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 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 -

Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2024

BakerHostetler on 7/1/2024

Institutional Firms Enter Crypto Market; Crypto Firms Partner on New Products - According to recent reports, a major global bank is establishing a spot trading desk for buying and selling bitcoin and ether. The new desk,...more

Crypto Fraud Remains Focus of CFTC Whistleblower Program

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP on 11/2/2023

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

FDIC's Annual Risk Review Includes Crypto Risks for First Time

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 8/21/2023

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) published its annual Risk Review this past Monday, providing an overview of banking conditions for 2022 through early 2023. The FDIC started providing Risk Reviews to the...more

Ringing in the New Year: Regulators and Industry Seek to Bring Stability to Stablecoins in 2022. How (Much), Remains a Question.

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 12/22/2021

On December 17, 2021, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) – a collaborative body formed under the Dodd-Frank Act composed of state and federal regulators and tasked with identifying risks and responding to...more

SEC Division of Enforcement 2019 Annual Report Shows Cryptocurrency Is Still Under the Microscope

Orrick - On the Chain on 11/26/2019

The SEC Division of Enforcement’s 2019 Annual Report, released earlier this month, shows a continuing focus on activities involving blockchain and cryptocurrency, and its website shows an increase in cases since last fiscal...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/31/2018

U.S. Financial Industry Developments - SEC Disapproves the Listing and Trading of Nine Bitcoin Related Exchange Traded Products - On August 22, 2018, the SEC released three Orders, acting through authority delegated to...more

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