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Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Statement on Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products

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On July 1, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued a statement regarding Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products (crypto asset ETPs). Crypto asset ETPs are investment products that are listed and traded...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Some Sunshine for Crypto Investment Products: SEC Issues First Comprehensive Disclosure Guidance for Crypto ETPs

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In another step toward regulatory clarity for crypto investment products, the SEC Division of Corporate Finance staff has issued detailed disclosure guidance on how crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) should navigate...more

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Reflections on Initial SEC Policy Changes Early in the Atkins Era

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Since Paul Atkins became Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2025, the SEC has announced significant pivots in its approaches to enforcement, regulatory guidance, investment adviser...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Statement on Disclosure Best Practices for Crypto Asset ETFs

On July 1, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued another in a series of statements regarding crypto assets. This particular statement, titled...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

How Asset Managers Are Capitalizing on Hong Kong’s Regulations Permitting Virtual Asset Funds

Key Points - - Under Hong Kong’s liberal regulations, several dozen asset managers have been licensed to manage virtual asset funds. - A number of index funds, tied to individual cryptocurrencies and baskets, have also...more

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Understanding the fintech landscape in the British Virgin Islands

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The BVI is a preferred international jurisdiction for fintech businesses as it is a well-established investment centre with a comprehensive, commercial virtual assets regime, which provides businesses with legal certainty. ...more

SEC Compliance Consultants, Inc. (SEC³)

SEC Chair Paul Atkins Sets Pro-Innovation Tone in First Public Remarks

In his first public address as Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins laid out his regulatory vision during the SEC Speaks conference on May 19, 2025....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Crypto Task Force Holds Roundtable on Tokenization

On May 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held a Crypto Task Force roundtable to explore an appropriate regulatory framework for tokenized securities. In the keynote address, Chair Paul Atkins, stated...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Working Through the Riddles of Tokenized Securities

Key Points: - The SEC’s Crypto Task Force cited past “hostility” toward digital assets and aims to create a regulatory framework. - Tokenized securities face complex regulatory challenges, including compliance with the...more

Hogan Lovells

Depositaries and capital management companies: Responsibilities in the Crypto Era

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On 25 February 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published a consultation paper outlining a circular that addresses the responsibilities of...more

Mintz Edge

Key Considerations for the Prospective Blockchain Investor

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Prospective purchasers of blockchain assets can now navigate through global exchanges (i.e., Coinbase or Kraken) to invest in various forms of tokens. Investments in tokens, however, are only the tip of the iceberg for those...more

Carey Olsen

GLI Cayman Islands blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2025, seventh edition

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Regulatory clarity in the digital assets and crypto space continues to be a moving target. Yet, the interest among policymakers and regulators worldwide has never been more pronounced. In the United States, 2024 was a pivotal...more

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Global Legal Insights FinTech 2024: Ireland chapter

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The Irish government has been supportive of the development of the financial services sector in Ireland and this extends to fintech. The government’s strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services...more

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Global Legal Insights FinTech 2024: Bermuda chapter

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Since the announcement of its Fintech strategy in November 2017, the Bermuda government has positioned Bermuda as a market-leading jurisdiction with respect to Fintech, with a view to Bermuda operating as an innovation hub...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A New Age of PerFFFection June 2024 - Potential Impact of UCC Article 12 on Fund Finance Transactions

At the bottom of the stack in investment fund structures, there are generally “real” assets—things like equity interests in portfolio companies, mortgage loans, commercial receivables, maybe even bricks and mortar. Fund...more

K&L Gates LLP

California Enacts Landmark Crypto Licensing Law

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To date, crypto companies have been able to operate in California without a license, but that will change effective July 2025 under the state’s newly-enacted “Digital Financial Assets Law” (the Law), signed by Governor Newsom...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

CSA Release Guidance on Public Crypto Asset Funds

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This summer, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 81-336 Guidance on Crypto Asset Investment Funds that are Reporting Issuers (the “Notice”) concerning funds that seek to invest in crypto...more

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Luxembourg Financial Services Regulator, the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission, and Issues FAQs on "Virtual Asset Service...

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New FAQS Complementary to FAQs on Investment in Virtual Assets - Further to the general publications by the Financial Sector Supervisory Commission (CSSF) in 2020 and 2021 and two sets of frequently asked questions (FAQs)...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

[Hybrid Event] S&K Blockchain Symposium: Navigating the Storm - May 4th, New York, NY

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Please join Seward and Kissel's Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Group on Thursday, May 4, 2023 for the S&K Blockchain Symposium: Navigating the Storm. The event will feature multiple panels, with industry leaders who will...more

BakerHostetler

Crypto Products and Mining Initiatives Launch; Sports and Spirits Firms Embrace Blockchain; US Agencies Seek Crypto Input, Address...

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A well-known digital currency investment services company announced the launch of its first European exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to a press release this week. The ETF, which will be traded on multiple foreign...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Material Investment Management Developments and Template Annual Compliance Checklists for Registered Investment Advisers, Exempt...

Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •SEC’s 2022 Examination Priorities • Proposed Amendments to Form PF Requirements- •Proposed New Rules Applicable to Private Fund Advisers and...more

Clark Hill PLC

Irish Regulated Funds – The Ascent of Crypto

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The European financial regulators continue to warn consumers that many crypto-assets are risky and are not suited for most retail consumers as an investment or as a means of payment or exchange. However, two recent fund...more

Freeman Law

Asset Protection Trusts for Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets

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With more investors diversifying their investment portfolios, cryptocurrencies and other kinds of digital assets (i.e., non-fungible tokens “NFTs”) have become a more popular option in recent years. With the Internal Revenue...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The DOJ Throws Cold Water on the Frosties NFT Founders

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York recently charged two individuals for allegedly participating in a scheme to defraud purchasers of “Frosties” non-fungible tokens (or “NFTs”) out of over $1...more

Morgan Lewis

ETF Roundup – Issue 7 December 2021

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UPDATE ON CRYPTO ASSETS IN ETFS - In 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management staff penned a letter to the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry and Financial...more

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