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Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Department of Justice Announces New Enforcement Policy for Digital Assets

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On April 7, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memo (the “Blanche Memo”) announcing the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (“DOJ”) refocus of enforcement policies related to investigations and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Samuels v. Lido DAO: A Potential New Frontier for Liability in the Cryptocurrency Space

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A recent order handed down by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California could be a new source of concern for digital asset entrepreneurs and the venture capital firms that invest in and support...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Approach In Wahi Presents New Challenges For Crypto

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Government scrutiny of the crypto market has been sharply increasing in recent months on the criminal and civil enforcement fronts. In parallel proceedings that will be seen in other digital asset contexts — as in the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Celsius Earn Depositors May Be Left Cold by Crypto Ownership Ruling

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The “crypto winter” of 2022 brought a bear market and a recent wave of bankruptcies to the crypto industry, leaving some retail customers of crypto exchanges frozen out of their accounts.  As the bankruptcy filings mounted...more

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Concerning Questions Raised by SEC Action Against Former Coinbase Employee

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On July 21, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) each alleged insider trading violations against a former Coinbase employee, his brother, and another alleged acquaintance...more

Foley Hoag LLP

SEC and DOJ Bring First-Ever Crypto Insider Trading Actions

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This year had already seen an uptick in federal enforcement activity focused on digital assets with the expansion of the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit (see our prior client alert on that expansion and its impact here)...more

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