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SEC Staff Clarifies That Certain Staking Activities Are Not Securities

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Protocol Staking Under the Federal Securities Laws - Historically, the SEC has taken issue with certain staking activities under the federal securities laws. The SEC previously alleged that staking-as-a-service programs...more

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Cryptocurrency Not Recognised as Money, Singapore High Court Rules

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The Singapore High Court recently rejected Algorand Foundation’s application to liquidate Three Arrows Capital based on a claim of 53.5 million USD Coin (USDC)—a form of cryptocurrency also known as a stablecoin, designed to...more

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Regulatory Actions and Legislative Proposals Signal Growing Consensus on Parameters for Stablecoins

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Recent guidance from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and a proposed bill in the U.S. Senate portend more regulatory and legislative activity to clarify the status of and requirements for stablecoin...more

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New Guidelines Discourage Cryptocurrency Trading by General Public in Singapore

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued new guidelines discouraging service providers of digital payment tokens (DPT), commonly known as cryptocurrencies, from promoting their services to the general public or...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: FDIC Releases Guide To Connect Fintechs With Banks

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a new guide to help financial technology companies and others partner with banks; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - October 2019

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U.S. Developments - U.S. Federal Regulatory Developments - CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Leaders Release a Join Statement on Digital Assets - On October 11, 2019, the heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”),...more

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SEC Determines That Certain Virtual Tokens Are Securities

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On July 26, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report concluding that certain tokens (or coins) offered and sold by The DAO, a virtual organization, were securities under the Securities...more

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