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DLA Piper

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – July 2025

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This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Fund Tokenization: A Greenlight and Blueprint for Implementation

On 24 November 2023, the industry-led Technology Working Group of HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce (Group) released an interim report (Report) outlining a strategic blueprint for the implementation of fund...more

Perkins Coie

NYDFS Implements Virtual Currency Assessments Rule

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) formally implemented its Virtual Currency Assessments Rule as 23 NYCRR 102 on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, by publishing a notice of adoption in the State Register. Under...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FBI Warns About Cybersecurity Problems on DeFi Platforms

Decentralized finance platforms (DeFi) are designed to operate in a decentralized manner primarily through the utilization of smart contracts. Smart contracts are simply a name given to small “if/then” statements written in...more

Goodwin

Fintech 2020: A Global Survey on the State of Financial Technology

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Letter from Our Co-Chairs - As the digital transformation of financial markets accelerates at breakneck speeds, fintech presents significant opportunities and challenges for both investors and innovators around the world. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – FinTech initiatives

Asset managers will need to consider how FinTech developments impact their business model in 2020, including developments related to digital asset securities, cryptocurrency-based ETFs and blockchain. In this Bottom Line...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Internet 3.0: Decentralize Everything

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Gregory J. Nowak, a partner and practice leader for hedge funds in Pepper Hamilton’s Private Fund Services Practice Group, hosts a series of candid, interactive webinar discussions for West LegalEdcenter on what is going on...more

Morgan Lewis

FINRA Again Seeks Information on Broker-Dealers’ Digital Asset Activities

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In its continued efforts to learn what broker-dealers and their employees are doing in the digital asset space, FINRA has effectively reissued a regulatory notice requesting that broker-dealers keep FINRA apprised of their...more

Morgan Lewis

Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities

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On July 8, the staffs of the Division of Trading and Markets (TM) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission and of the Office of General Counsel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. issued a joint statement...more

Morgan Lewis

Fintech Writ Global—Takeaways from Cross-Border Fintech: Regulation & the Law 2019

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We are always looking to identify good forums for keeping abreast of global fintech developments and trends. One such interesting platform was Cross-Border Fintech: Regulation & the Law 2019, held in London on June 6, where...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Key Takeaways from SEC FinTech Forum

On Friday, May 31, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hosted a forum (the FinTech Forum) to discuss financial technology developments, including blockchain and distributed ledger technology and...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Demonstrates Flexibility and Engagement at FinTech Forum

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Practitioners, academics, and entrepreneurs joined SEC regulators at the 2019 FinTech Forum hosted by the SEC’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) on May 31 in Washington, DC. Panelists discussed a...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Early Adopter—Vanguard Announces Plan to Utilize Blockchain Technology

Top mutual fund firm The Vanguard Group, Inc. unveiled a plan last week to incorporate blockchain smart contract technology into some of its indexing operations beginning early next year. Vanguard’s initiative will be carried...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Delaware Paves the Way for the Use of Blockchain Technology

Following last May’s announcement of the “Delaware Blockchain Initiative” by former Delaware Governor Jack Markell, on March 13, 2017, the Corporate Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association...more

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