Virtual Currency, Token Sales

Commissioner Comments on Tokenization

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives on 6/17/2024

Commissioner Uyeda spoke at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 30th Annual Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Commissioner Uyeda focused on the need to root out bad actors and promote transparent...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2024 - Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of Tokenizing Real World Assets

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 2/7/2024

The world of cryptocurrencies on blockchains and the world of traditional assets in markets have often stood in stark contrast to one another since Bitcoin’s creation in 2008. The lack of a reliable bridge between these two...more

NYDFS Proposes Updated Guidance on Crypto Listing

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/6/2023

The Proposed Guidance would require enhanced criteria for coin-listing and delisting procedures for New York-licensed virtual currency entities. On September 18, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS)...more

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - August 2023 #2

Polsinelli on 8/24/2023

The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

IRS Issues Revenue Ruling 2023-14 on Staking

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/1/2023

On July 31, 2023, the IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2023-14, which sets forth the IRS’s position as to when certain staking “rewards” are taxable income. The Ruling analyzes a fact pattern where a cash method taxpayer “stakes...more

Ripple and the SEC Both Claim Wins in Split Court Decision

The Volkov Law Group on 7/27/2023

On July 13, 2022, Judge Analisa Torres issued her long awaited ruling on the summary judgment motions in the SEC’s case against Ripple Labs, Inc. (“Ripple”). The 34-page order provided a win for both the SEC and for Ripple...more

SEC Cryptocurrency Enforcement: June 2023 Update

Cornerstone Research on 7/26/2023

As of June 6, the SEC has brought 24 cryptocurrency enforcement actions between litigations and administrative proceedings. The number of cryptocurrency enforcement actions brought by the SEC in 2023 is advancing at a record...more

CryptoLink - June 2023

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/6/2023

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

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - June 2023 #2

Polsinelli on 6/30/2023

The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, May/June 2023

Hogan Lovells on 6/19/2023

Key developments of interest over the last two months include: the UK PSR publishing a policy statement on its new reimbursement requirement to fight APP fraud; the Australian government confirming its strategic plan for the...more

Digital Asset SEC Timeline - March 2023

Perkins Coie on 3/15/2023

The Digital Asset SEC Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets. Beginning with the...more

The SEC Scored Another Crypto Victory in the LBRY Case, but the Sky Is Not Falling

Paul Hastings LLP on 11/14/2022

Last week’s wild ride in the crypto-verse started, of all places, in New Hampshire. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that LBRY Credits (“LBC”) are securities, and thus LBRY violated Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 by...more

Crypto Contagion

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 9/12/2022

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

From Station Wagon to Lamborghini: One CypherPunk’s Journey from Cryptoanarchy to Solana Cross-Chain NFT Innovations

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 9/8/2022

In this episode of Crypto Innovators, co-hosts Eric Swartz, senior counsel and Vice Chair of Lowenstein Crypto, and Leah Satlin, counsel in Lowenstein’s Tech Group, talk to self-described CypherPunk Zach Silva, head of...more

Crypto Litigation Claims, Defenses Industry Should Watch

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/12/2022

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

Walkers’ Guide to Token Issuances, DAOs and Foundation Companies in the Cayman Islands

Walkers on 7/12/2022

Roadmap - As a starting point it is helpful to outline a roadmap of how a new blockchain based project might develop. It is important to stress that no two projects will ever have the same objectives. As such, there is no...more

Two sides of a (Bit)coin

A&O Shearman on 2/9/2022

How Indonesia’s regulatory framework is handling Crypto assets. Every business involved with crypto assets in the Indonesia market should be aware of regulatory and policy changes by the Indonesian regulators – the...more

Privacy Tip #316 – Dabbling in Crypto? Be Wary of Rug Pulls

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/28/2022

It’s very hard to keep up with digital and crypto lingo. But if you are dabbling in crypto, you need to know about rug pulls. What is a rug pull you ask? According to blogger Migi Delfin, “A rug pull is a fraud scheme that...more

New Lawsuits Target Cryptocurrency Companies and Their Celebrity Endorsers

Bilzin Sumberg on 1/14/2022

We highlighted in a recent post regulators’ clear intentions to bring greater order to the cryptocurrency industry this year. The last three weeks have demonstrated that private litigants are not waiting on regulators to rein...more

Crypto Reform Goes to Congress: Proposed Three-Year Safe Harbor for Distribution of Pre-“Network Maturity” Digital Tokens

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 10/18/2021

Background: Crypto Catch 22 - Followers of the SEC’s efforts to regulate digital tokens will recall former SEC Corp Fin Director William Hinman’s speech at the June 14, 2018 Yahoo Finance Conference in which he introduced...more

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