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Digital Asset Newsletter July 2025

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Snapshot of Activity in June - The following events are key, but not comprehensive, events for the month of June....more

Secretariat

Taking The Right Approach in Asset Searching and Recovery in 2025

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The tension among regulators between the push for increased transparency and the need to protect individual privacy is always apparent in asset searching exercises. This tension is a global phenomenon, central to the ongoing...more

ArentFox Schiff

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Criminal Division Head Details White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Related Policy Revisions

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DOJ Criminal Division Head Details White-Collar Enforcement Priorities and Related Policy Revisions - On June 10, the head of the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti, gave a speech...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Chairman Atkins Outlines SEC’s New Roadmap for Crypto Reform

In a May 12, 2025 Keynote Address before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Crypto Task Force’s fourth industry roundtable on digital assets, newly-minted Chair Paul Atkins laid out a sweeping vision for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Oregon Suit Muddies Crypto Regulatory Landscape

On April 18, 2025, the State of Oregon brought a civil enforcement action against Coinbase Global, Inc. (“Coinbase”) for the alleged sale of unregistered securities. In a press release, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield...more

StoneTurn

Legal Investigations: Digging Deeper into White-Collar Crime and Financial Crime

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White-collar and financial crimes have risen sharply, with the U.S. DOJ reporting a 300% increase in monetary recoveries in 2024. Successful investigations now require a proactive and adaptable approach to detect and prevent...more

A&O Shearman

UAE's enhanced AML and CTF Regime: a journey from grey list to compliance

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The UAE has continued to implement significant legislative and structural reforms during 2024 in areas including financial crime compliance, whistleblowing, and virtual assets regulation. These improvements demonstrate the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

THE DESK: MVA’s Swaps and Derivatives Newsletter - December 2024

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With the CFTC still in the early stages of its fiscal year, in the month of November, we did not see a lot of action by way of publicly-released enforcement actions from the CFTC or enforcement-related public statements from...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Is it Too Late to Correct Past FBARs and File Amended Returns with the IRS?

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Is it too late to correct past FBARs and file amended returns with the IRS? The net is closing in on U.S. taxpayers with unreported or under-reported domestic and offshore income and assets. The IRS has increased audits in...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

The Action Cryptocurrency Investors Need to Take Immediately

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What is the action cryptocurrency investors need to take immediately? What has changed, and why should any digital asset holder or investor pay attention to this game-changing development? Here is the short answer: If you...more

BakerHostetler

First Circuit Adds Another Notch to the IRS’ Belt - Upholds Power To Summons Information from Virtual Currency Exchanges

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Anyone who thought blockchain would keep their cryptocurrency transactions private from the IRS needs to think again. According to the First Circuit’s recent holding, cryptocurrency users do not have a Fourth Amendment...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] FinTech University: Fear the Reaper - FinTech and Digital Assets Litigation - September 3rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

With the past year marked by a number of enforcement actions and investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators against major actors in the digital assets space. This webinar will...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Key Developments

On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) became law in the UK. The Act represents a major overhaul of the UK government’s framework for tackling financial crime and has brought into...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

The spookiest things your legal department can hear heading into 2024 (unless you come prepared)

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7 chilling questions and statements that could throw your legal department off its game this October – and well into the new year – if you don’t lay the groundwork now....more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

CFTC Wades into DeFi Enforcement Again

Last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced settled charges against three decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols for various registration and related violations under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Department of Justice and Commodities Futures Trading Commission Expand Crypto and Cybersecurity Teams

Overall cryptocurrency crime levels are down, according to a report from Chainalysis reviewing crypto crime trends, but this past year has still seen certain categories of crypto crime, such as ransomware, continue to...more

Perkins Coie

Digital Asset SEC Timeline - March 2023

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The Digital Asset SEC Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets. Beginning with the...more

Winstead PC

SEC Probes into Advisers' Compliance with the Custody Rule for Digital Assets

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On January 26, Reuters reported SEC probes into registered investment advisers and their compliance with the custody rule for digital assets. Investment advisers should be ready to respond to any SEC inquiry and take the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

OpenSea Case Signals Digital Assets Face Familiar Regulation

The recent OpenSea insider trading case emphasizes the need for businesses in the digital assets industry to stay abreast of the fast-changing legal landscape surrounding their industry, and also emphasizes that new digital...more

HaystackID

[EDRM Webcast Transcript] Considerations and Challenges for Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and NFT Investigations

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Editor’s Note: On August 17, 2022, The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) under the leadership of Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad, hosted HaystackID as we collectively shared an educational webcast developed to...more

Mintz

The "Other Shoe Drops" - SEC Investigating Coinbase

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In separate cases last week the DOJ and the SEC charged a former Coinbase employee and two other individuals with wire fraud (DOJ) and violating the antifraud provisions of the securities laws (SEC). The basic...more

HaystackID

[Webcast Transcript] Considerations and Challenges for Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and NFT Investigations

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Editor’s Note: On May 18, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast developed to highlight the foundational basics of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs and to present practical considerations for the investigational...more

Alston & Bird

U.S. Government Steps Up Its Enforcement in the Digital Assets Space

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Our Blockchain & Digital Assets Team offers a snapshot sample of significant recent developments by a panoply of federal agencies and departments that represent the expanding array of enforcement tools used by federal...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

March 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions Roundup

In the wake of President Biden’s March 9, 2022, executive order outlining his Administration’s desire to establish a comprehensive federal approach to crypto policy and regulation, federal agencies are continuing to focus on...more

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