Virtual Currency, UK, CFTC

The Shadow Financial System

White & Case LLP on 6/18/2024

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

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2021 #3

Perkins Coie on 3/29/2021

US Regulatory Developments BitMEX CEO to Surrender on AML Charges BitMEX’s founder and former CEO, Arthur Hayes, reached an agreement with U.S. officials to surrender to federal charges. On October 1, 2020, the U.S....more

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - October 2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/31/2020

Recent and significant regulatory and legislative events in the digital asset space demonstrate the evolving and expanding approach by U.S. and international regulators to the burgeoning digital asset markets. These...more

Blockchain Week in Review - November 2019 #3

Perkins Coie on 11/27/2019

U.S. Developments - The Fed Chairman Comments on Potential for a US-backed Digital Currency - Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, wrote to Congress this week discussing the merits of implementing a central...more

Bridging the Week - December 2018

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/11/2018

A federal judge said that it is not a violation of federal law for a trading firm and its chief executive officer to be smarter than their counterparties in ruling against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in an...more

Blockchain Week in Review - November 2018

Perkins Coie on 11/13/2018

Upcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (“ETF”) Decisions - On January 4, 2018, NYSE Arca filed a proposed rule change to list 9 Bitcoin ETFs. Subsequently, the time for the Security Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to approve or...more

Regulators and Courts Clarify Virtual Currency Regulation, but Overall Framework Remains Murky

A&O Shearman on 4/13/2018

This update serves to cover virtual currency regulatory developments over the past two months in the U.S., U.K. and EU. This follows our previous virtual currency regulatory updates as part of Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech...more

CFTC Updates on Virtual Currency Regulation, Alternatives to Libor and Fallout From Brexit

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/31/2018

In 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo made clear he will strive to improve, not abolish, many reforms the CFTC adopted to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s mandate for new...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/1/2016

The CFTC’s reportedly investigating the interest rate swap activities of Citigroup and others. Swaps allow companies to “hedge against a rise or fall in interest rates on the debt that they issue or hold, with banks usually...more

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - May 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/2/2015

It’s an Absolute Privilege to Meet You! Texas Supreme Court Rules That Internal Investigation Report Provided by Shell Oil to DOJ Enjoys “Absolute Privilege” - Why it matters: On May 15, 2015, the Texas Supreme Court...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 44

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 11/10/2014

In this issue: - SEC Sanctions 10 Companies for Disclosure Failures Surrounding Financing Deals and Stock Dilution - Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Entire Fairness Review in Absence of Conflicted Transaction...more

Bridging the Week - October 2014 #2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/14/2014

UK Court Authorizes LME to Proceed With Reform of Physical Warehouse Network - The UK Court of Appeals held that the London Metal Exchange may proceed with a previously announced plan aimed at shortening the amount of...more

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