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Weekly Blockchain Blog - May 2025 #3

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Fintech Companies Announce Crypto-Focused Acquisitions and Partnerships - A U.S.-based crypto infrastructure solutions provider announced in a recent press release that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

MiCAR in der Praxis: BaFin veröffentlicht Merkblatt für Krypto-Dienstleistungen

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Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin„) hat zum Jahresbeginn ein Merkblatt zu den Kryptowerte-Dienstleistungen gemäß der neuen EU-Verordnung über Märkte für Kryptowerte („MiCAR„) veröffentlicht. Diese...more

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German Parliament Passes Act on the Digitalisation of Financial Markets

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On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act"). The Act is intended to complement key measures of the European...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2024 #3

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Stablecoin Demand Increases with Initiatives Announced in Germany, Hong Kong - Recent reports highlight an increasing demand for stablecoins. According to one report, the market cap of the PYUSD stablecoin recently...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - April 2024 #4

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Stablecoin, Wallet Products Launch; German Bank Launches Crypto Services - Circle, a global fintech firm and issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has announced new smart contract functionality to allow holders of BUIDL, a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S., German law enforcement disable darknet crypto mixer

On March 15, U.S. law enforcement, along with German criminal authorities, disabled a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service used to allegedly launder more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency underlying ransomware, darknet...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

German Federal Fiscal Court Decides on the Taxation of Cryptocurrencies

The German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH, Urteil vom 14. Februar 2023 – IX R 3/22) confirms the opinion of the fiscal court of Cologne that sales profits from cryptocurrencies are taxable. The court decided that cryptocurrencies...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Taxation of Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin and Co.: Taxable income for cryptocurrencies – but still, private investors can breathe a...

After a year of wrangling, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) has finally published explanations on how virtual currencies (e.g., Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin and Co.) and other tokens (hereinafter: cryptocurrencies)...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - December 2020 #3

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CFTC Releases Digital Asset Primer - On December 17, 2020, the CFTC announced a 36-slide Digital Assets Primer. The Digital Assets Primer seeks to build on a prior 2017 release that focused on virtual currencies. This...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - December 2020

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U.S. Developments - Legislation - Congress Members Introduce Stablecoin Legislation - On December 2, 2020, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), Congressmen Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) and Chairman of Task Force on...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - November 2020

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U.S. Developments - DOJ Seizes More Than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency from Silk Road Hacker - On November 5, the U.S. Department of Justice (the DOJ) announced that it seized more than 69,000 Bitcoin, now worth more than $1...more

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