News & Analysis as of

Cryptocurrency › Digital Assets › Debtors

Troutman Pepper Locke

GENIUS Act: A Game-Changer for Crypto Bankruptcy Priorities

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The GENIUS Act represents a significant shift in U.S. bankruptcy law, particularly affecting stablecoin holders. In recent bankruptcy cases, crypto holders have been treated as general unsecured creditors, but this new...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Emerging Issues in Crypto Bankruptcies

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on

The new frontier of crypto bankruptcies brings with it unique challenges. As more crypto platforms face financial distress and insolvency, investors find themselves navigating the intricacies of the Bankruptcy Code in a...more

Morris James LLP

Claw-Back Litigation in FTX Bankruptcy FAQs

Morris James LLP on

FTX Trading Ltd. and FTX.US, together generally known as FTX, operated a successful cryptocurrency exchange. FTX was established in 2018 by Sam Bankman-Fried and, by 2021, had become the third largest cryptocurrency exchange...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Unique Case of Bittrex

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on

On May 8, cryptocurrency platform Bittrex filed for chapter 11 in Delaware. Bittrex’s first day filings emphasize that, unlike many other crypto filings over the past year, this case is not a “free fall” bankruptcy. In...more

Perkins Coie

FTX Finds Assets and Is Looking for More

Perkins Coie on

FTX filed its presentation to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC), reporting that FTX has located about $5.5 billion of cash and other liquid assets but less than $1.8 billion of digital assets identified with...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Celsius Bankruptcy Update: Who Owns the Crypto?

Husch Blackwell LLP on

On June 12, 2022, one of the largest crypto lenders in the nation, New Jersey-based Celsius Networks, froze all withdrawals and transfers between its various customer accounts, citing “extreme market conditions,” which in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Whose Crypto Is It, Anyway?

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On July 18, the maxim “not your keys, not your coin” took on a whole new meaning for customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Celsius Network LLC, which had filed Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern...more

Goodwin

Biden Administration Issues Regulatory Freeze On New Agency Rules

Goodwin on

In this Issue. In one of its first acts after being installed on January 20, the Biden Administration issued a regulatory freeze on new agency rules that have been adopted but are not yet effective; in one of its final acts...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Cryptocurrency, Legitimate Uses, and Legal Issues

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on

Following the recent publication of the U.S. Attorney General's cryptocurrency enforcement framework, Spilman attorneys Corey Bonasso and Nick Mooney discuss cryptocurrencies, their legitimate uses, and some inherent legal...more

Goodwin

Federal Reserve Proposes Rules To Modernize Regulations That Implement CRA

Goodwin on

In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more

Carlton Fields

Recovery by ICO Token Investors May Be Challenged in Bankruptcy

Carlton Fields on

Bankruptcy courts may provide relief to debtors by discharging pre-petition obligations to repay existing debts owed to creditors, and claims by equity holders. Creditors who hold debt and investors who hold equity interests,...more

11 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:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide