News & Analysis as of

Cryptocurrency Canada Blockchain

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - April 2025 #3

BakerHostetler on

U.S. Digital Asset Companies Announce New Product Launches - A major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange recently announced that certain customers can now trade “over 11,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, bringing equities and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Oh No, Canada! Takeaways from the Indictment of a Canadian National Allegedly Responsible for $65 Million DeFi Cryptocurrency...

On February 3, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) unsealed an indictment against Andean Medjedovic, a 22-year-old Canadian national, for allegedly stealing approximately $65 million...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

2024 Post-Election Analysis

Mintz - ML Strategies on

Following a hotly contested election, Donald Trump is once again the president-elect and will return to the White House on January 20, 2025. He will do so with a dominant electoral college win, potentially a win of the...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2024: Canada

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

Government attitude and definition - As in many countries, the regulation of cryptocurrencies in Canada is divided among various levels of government and administrative agencies, depending on the nature of the activity...more

BakerHostetler

Bank Launches Blockchain Network; Stablecoin Initiatives Launch in Foreign Markets; New Crypto Guidance Published; Reports Provide...

BakerHostetler on

U.S. Bank Launches Blockchain Network, Crypto Bank Gains Securities License - According to recent reports, the largest bank in the U.S. has gone live with its blockchain-based Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN) and...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

The Virtual Currency Regulation Review - November 2022

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

I - INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK - Canada currently has no comprehensive framework governing the regulation of digital assets. Securities regulation has emerged as the main regulatory instrument in...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation: Canada

Stikeman Elliott LLP on

Government attitude and definition - As in many countries, the regulation of cryptocurrencies in Canada is divided among various levels of government and administrative agencies, depending on the nature of the activity...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Mareva Injunction over Cryptocurrencies in the Freedom Convoy Class Action

Bennett Jones LLP on

The Significance and Implications For Persons Engaging With Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets - A series of protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions, called the "Freedom Convoy" by...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - April 2021 #3

Perkins Coie on

The Regulation Process for FinCEN’s New Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirement Launches - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Thursday to solicit...more

BakerHostetler

Canadian Ether Fund Launches, Swiss Bank Tokenizes Shares, Crypto Regulation Evolves in UK, Estonia and Germany; Blockchain...

BakerHostetler on

Canadian Ether Fund Launches, Swiss Bank Tokenizes Shares, New German Law Passed - Earlier this month, 3iQ Corp., a Toronto-based investment management firm, announced the listing of its fund, The Ether Fund (the Fund), on...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - August 2020 #2

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - California Appellate Court Upholds Coinbase Summary Judgement - On August 10, California’s First Appellate Court sustained a summary judgment from a lower court in favor of Coinbase against plaintiff...more

BakerHostetler

Canada’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Found to Have Operated Like a Ponzi Scheme

BakerHostetler on

On June 11, 2020 the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), one of Canada’s provincial securities regulators, issued a report finding that QuadrigaCX (Quadriga), which went into bankruptcy a few months after founder and CEO...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement – Paving the Way for a Cross-Border Fintech Sandbox

At over $30 billion USD in transactions a year, the United States-Mexico remittance corridor is one of the largest in the world. The rapid development of cryptocurrencies has enabled cross-border transactions at just a...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - July 2019

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - Regulatory Developments - SEC and FINRA Issue Joint Statement on Digital Asset Custody Issues - On July 8, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - June 2019

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - SEC Sues Social Media Company Kik over Digital Coin Offering - The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) sued Kik Interactive Inc. (“Kik”) in federal court in Manhattan this week, arguing that...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Blockchain Remittance Platform ZED Network Receives First Prospectus Exemption for Distributing Crypto Tokens

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), on behalf of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), recently granted ZED Network Inc. (Company) discretionary exemptive relief from prospectus and dealer registration...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - March 2019 #2

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - Denver to Implement Blockchain-Based Elections for Overseas Voters - Denver moves to become the second U.S. jurisdiction to implement a blockchain-based voting system for overseas voters. Active duty...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2019 #2

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - Florida Court of Appeals Rules That Direct Sales of Bitcoin Constituted Money Transmission and the Sale of Payment Instruments - Reversing the order issued by the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, the...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2019

Perkins Coie on

U.S. Developments - Kik Publicizes Response to Possible SEC Enforcement - On January 27, the Wall Street Journal published an article describing the impending legal battle over cryptocurrency Kin and its 2017 ICO. That...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

To no one’s surprise, the Fed followed through with its months of promises and raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points yesterday. The FOMC also indicated that it’s planning to raise rates again in December....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Shapeshifting Cryptoassets

Bennett Jones LLP on

As cryptocurrencies and blockchain assets become more popular and begin to permeate into the wider financial markets, regulators have struggled to understand how they work and how to treat them under existing legal...more

Bennett Jones LLP

The Power of Decentralization in Blockchain

Bennett Jones LLP on

The most exciting thing about blockchain is the concept of decentralization. This is a powerful idea—that business transactions can take place worldwide without a central authority governing them. The idea launched a...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Bartering with Bitcoin: Canadian Tax Implications of Using Cryptocurrency in Business Transactions

Bennett Jones LLP on

Are you considering accepting cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin, Litecoin) from your customers as payment in lieu of traditional government-issued currency? If so, you are not alone. Numerous businesses in a wide range of...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Cybersecurity Uncertainty for Cryptocurrencies

Bennett Jones LLP on

There is a lot of money—both fiat and virtual—in cryptocurrencies. The growth of these blockchain-based online assets made headlines throughout 2017. The price of Bitcoin, likely the best-known cryptocurrency, rose from...more

24 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide