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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 -

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends - August 2024

DLA Piper on 9/3/2024

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

Focus on Crypto and Blockchain: Regulatory Fog Begins to Lift, but Many Questions Remain

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/4/2022

The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry has developed over the past decade with a large and increasingly glaring void: What regulations ultimately will apply and who will regulate the space? Much regulatory focus to date...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority Consults on Its Financial Promotion Rules for Cryptoassets and Other High-Risk Investments

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law on 1/25/2022

On 19 January 2022, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/2) (the “Consultation”) setting out its proposals to strengthen its financial promotion rules for high-risk investments...more

U.S. Federal Banking Regulators Announce Plan for Crypto-Asset Policy Initiative

Jones Day on 11/29/2021

The interagency "policy sprints" are designed to give banks guidance on how to navigate crypto-assets moving forward. On November 23, 2021, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance...more

Bank of England and HM Treasury Announce Next Steps for UK Central Bank Digital Currency

A&O Shearman on 11/29/2021

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced the next steps in the development of a U.K. Central Bank Digital Currency. These include the following...more

Bridging the Week - April 2019 #4

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/30/2019

New York regulators continued an aggressive approach against certain entities engaged in virtual currency businesses when the state's Attorney General’s office obtained an ex parte order precluding companies associated with a...more

European Banking Authority Reports on EU Regulatory Perimeter for Crypto-Assets

A&O Shearman on 1/21/2019

The European Banking Authority has published a report on the application and suitability of the EU bank regulatory framework for crypto-assets. The report is in response to the European Commission's request in its FinTech...more

France Adds the Missing Piece to the Law Allowing Blockchain Technology to be Used to Register and Transfer Unlisted Securities

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 1/14/2019

The notion of distributed ledger (formally denominated “shared electronic recording system, or DEEP in French) was first introduced to French law in 2016 by Ordinance No. 2016-520 of April 28, 2016 (the “Minibon...more

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