SEC Issues Statement on Digital Asset Custody, Approves First Reg A+ Token Offerings -
This week the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a...more
CFTC Approves Bitcoin DCM, New Bitcoin ETF Proposed, Crypto IRA and Blockchain Depository Receipts Introduced -
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced approval of LedgerX’s registration as a designated...more
Libra Cryptocurrency Plans Released, Crypto Exchanges and Payment Options Expand -
This week, the world’s largest social media company published details on its plans to launch Libra, a new cryptocurrency that would be...more
New Developments and Research on Crypto-Asset Market Activities -
According to data from Bitcoinity, in May 2019, bitcoin trading volume on Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S., reached a...more
Stablecoin Activity Heats Up, Bitcoin’s Speculation Problem and Other Payments News -
Despite the increase in major companies opening up payment options in bitcoin, research from Chainalysis shows that only 1.3% of bitcoin...more
6/10/2019
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Industry Initiatives Indicate Growing Interest in Cryptocurrency Payments -
Late last week, Reuters reported that “[s]everal of the world’s largest banks are in the process of investing around $50 million” to create “… a...more
Supply Chain Initiatives Announced by Major Private and Public Sector Actors -
This week one of the world’s largest technology firms announced an initiative with one of the world’s largest retail coffee stores to develop a...more
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Move Closer to Live Trading, New Stablecoins Announced -
More cryptocurrency exchanges are going live. ErisX announced the launch of its spot market, saying it will immediately support dollar...more
5/3/2019
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Academics Detect Manipulation on ‘DEXes’ as Cryptocurrency Trading Expands - A recent academic paper by researchers at Cornell Tech and other academic institutions describes rampant trading manipulation on decentralized...more
4/19/2019
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Blockchain Property Records Trial Completed, Energy Grid Project Continues, New Patents Granted -
According to a press release issued late last week, U.K.-based firm Instant Property Network recently completed a successful...more
BakerHostetler’s White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team is pleased to release its 2018 Year-End Cross-Border Government Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement Review, a resource for...more
4/3/2019
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New Blockchain Payments Solutions Announced for Banks, Merchants and the Unbanked -
Early this week, a leading global technology firm launched a real-time global payments network for regulated financial institutions....more
New Blockchain Solutions Seek to Secure Tuna, Ports, Identity and Communications -
According to a press release published last Friday, “North America’s largest branded shelf-stable seafood company” announced that it is using...more
New Blockchain Projects Announced in Supply Chain and Digital Identity -
This week, a trio of major global firms in the consulting, financial services and cloud provider sectors announced the launch of a blockchain platform...more
Blockchain Initiatives in Healthcare and Other Industries Target Data Integrity, Speed and Analytics -
Last week, a not-for-profit alliance of life sciences industries firms announced an expansion of its blockchain project...more
2/18/2019
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Blockchain Pilots for Supply Chain and Land Titles, Improved Analytics, and Decentralization -
Earlier this week IBM announced the completion of a shipment tracking trial that recorded the bill of lading on a blockchain....more
Blockchain technology is transforming business operations in the manufacturing industry by improving efficiency, transparency and proof of authenticity.
BakerHostetler’s Technology in Manufacturing Team will provide an...more
2018 Cryptocurrency Recap, Developments in Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Payment Providers -
According to a recent report, despite a lower price compared to the previous year, bitcoin’s total trade volume for 2018 is $2.2...more
The Blockchain Effect: NASA, IoT, Supply Chain and State Initiatives -
On Monday, NASA Ames Research Center published a paper about a permissioned blockchain framework that addresses privacy and security issues for FAA air...more
1/21/2019
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New Cryptocurrency Financial Products and Platforms Announced -
Last week, SEFToken Inc. launched a new tokenized instrument. The new token, known as a “covered warrant,” will be issued through the Securitize platform on the...more
Multiple Studies Analyze Recent Cryptocurrency Market Trends -
A recently issued report from the Blockchain Transparency Institute analyzed high-volume bitcoin “trading pairs” on various cryptocurrency exchanges and found...more
Satisfying Tax and Other Liabilities With Cryptocurrency - Ohio appears to be the first state that will accept bitcoin as payment for tax bills. Other states, such as Arizona, Georgia and Illinois, have considered allowing...more
Cryptocurrency Capital Markets Announcements by Institutional and Startup Firms - On Oct. 15, a major global financial services firm – the fourth-largest asset management firm in the world – announced plans to spin off a new...more
U.S. and International Governments Address Smart Ports, Smart Cities, and Cryptocurrencies - According to reports, in an Oct. 3 meeting, representatives of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claimed that the agency is...more
Cryptocurrency Enforcement Actions Continue Across the Globe - On Friday, Sept. 27, the SEC and CFTC charged 1pool Ltd. aka 1Broker and its CEO with offenses related to its actions to solicit U.S. investors to purchase swaps...more