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Navigating Cryptocurrency Disputes in Litigation and Bankruptcy: Legal Challenges and Complexities

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The rise of cryptocurrency has introduced new complexities to both traditional litigation and bankruptcy courts. While these two legal arenas share some overlap, the treatment of cryptocurrency in each context is distinct,...more

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Who Owns Crypto Assets? Know the Risks

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Until recently, the nature of ownership of assets on deposit with a third party was not controversial. If a local bank branch goes bankrupt, the cash or other assets deposited with the bank belonged to individual...more

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How Will Bankruptcy Courts Shape Crypto Regulation?

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Last year’s cryptocurrency market crash a/k/a “the crypto winter” did not cause trembles in the U.S. economy, but it caused enormous losses to its investors. The near collapse of this decentralized currency market resulted in...more

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2022 Year in Review: Digital Currency and Blockchain Litigation and Enforcement Developments

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Throughout a tumultuous 2022, the digital currency and blockchain space saw a number of significant investigation, litigation, and enforcement matters as regulators continue their laser focus on the industry. This Year in...more

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Courts Approve Alternative Service Via Twitter and Blockchain in Cryptocurrency Cases

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Recent decisions permitting service of documents via social media and blockchain technology illustrate how the courts are fashioning solutions to address the unique and logistical challenges of identifying and serving...more

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Crypto Customers Lose Anonymity in Celsius Chapter 11

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All crypto Celsius Network, LLC customers expecting and relying on anonymity should be concerned that their crypto transactions may become public. Recently, the Bankruptcy Court in the Celsius Network LLC chapter 11 case...more

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Charting New (and Familiar) Territory: The Voyager Crypto Bankruptcy

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Voyager Digital Assets Inc., along with two of its affiliates, filed bankruptcy petitions in the Southern District of New York on July 5, 2022. The filing is significant—it followed months of an extreme downturn in the...more

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The Coming Storm: DeFi and Bankruptcy Courts

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DeFi or “decentralized finance” is an emerging branch of the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement that attempts to use smart contracts and blockchains to provide financial services typically only available from centralized...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Blockchain — Not Bitcoin — in Bankruptcy

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In the past several weeks, we have seen an uptick in crypto-related insolvencies; most recently Giga Watt, a Bitcoin-mining firm, filed for chapter 11 relief in the Eastern District of Washington. Often, the questions arising...more

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Don't Want To Be The Next Kodak? Embrace Blockchain

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For most of the 20th century, Eastman Kodak Co. (often referred to simply as Kodak) was one of the most recognizable brands in the world. Founded in 1888, Kodak dominated the film and camera markets — in 1976, Kodak had 90...more

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