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Crypto Shake-Up: Narrowing Risks, From Securities Scrutiny to Consumer Claims

Cooley LLP on 5/5/2025

Crypto is now in Washington’s good graces – or at least that’s how it may seem. The return of the Trump administration has injected new energy into the crypto asset space, with sweeping rhetoric about “unleashing innovation”...more

Understanding the Crypto Ripple Effect

Ankura on 10/16/2023

On July 13, 2023, the Court ruled in partial favor of Ripple Labs Inc.’s argument that many of its XRP sales did not violate investor-protection laws. The ruling has sent the crypto world ablaze with speculation on the future...more

District Of Massachusetts Denies Motion To Dismiss, Finds Virtual Currency "My Big Coin" Is A Commodity Under Commodity Exchange...

A&O Shearman on 10/9/2018

On September 26, 2018, Judge Rya W. Zobel of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) that alleged...more

Court Rules Cryptocurrencies Can Be Regulated By The CFTC As Commodities

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/27/2018

The regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency continues to evolve. Most of the activity to date has involved regulatory enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures...more

Fintech Week in Review – October 2017

Perkins Coie on 10/24/2017

Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

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