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RegFi Episode 66: Guiding Fintech Startups from Formation to Funding

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/2/2025

RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt are joined by Orrick partner Ellen Ehrenpreis, head of the firm’s US Venture and Bay Area Technology Companies practice. Ellen shares insights on best practices for fintech...more

Crypto Class Action Certified by Ontario Court of Appeal

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 4/18/2025

In its recent decision in Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the certification of a class action brought on behalf of Canadian investors who purchased cryptocurrency products (Decision). It...more

SEC Reporting Update - December 2024

Snell & Wilmer on 12/31/2024

Insider Trading Policies. As previously discussed in our Winter 2022-2023 Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules in December 2022 relating to insider trading policy...more

The Action Cryptocurrency Investors Need to Take Immediately

Allen Barron, Inc. on 10/22/2024

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

JPEX Is Test Case for Hong Kong’s New Regulatory Regime for Virtual Asset Exchanges

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/16/2023

Hong Kong regulators recently brought criminal enforcement actions against virtual asset trading platform JPEX and individuals associated with the platform. This case has become the first opportunity for local authorities to...more

SEC Lists Crypto and Information Security Among its 2024 Examination Priorities

White & Case LLP on 11/7/2023

On October 16, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Division of Examinations ("Examination Division") announced its 2024 Examination Priorities. Registrants should ensure that policies, procedures, and...more

DeFi protocol Uniswap and investors avoid suit for fraudulent activity on digital asset exchange

A&O Shearman on 9/15/2023

On August 30, 2023, in a case of first impression, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed in full a putative securities class action against Uniswap Labs, a decentralized finance (“DeFi”)...more

Judge Rakoff puts the Ripple Party on Ice as the Crypto Community and SEC Ponder their Next Moves

Mintz - Securities Litigation Viewpoints on 8/8/2023

Just barely two weeks ago, we wrote about the half-victory for Ripple Labs in its ongoing litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in which Judge Analisa Torres granted partial summary judgment in favor...more

Ripple’s Legal Waves: Ripple Summary Judgment Ruling Could Have Wide-Ranging Impact

Winstead PC on 7/31/2023

In a recent and highly anticipated decision, a court in the Southern District of New York held that Ripple’s cryptocurrency token – XRP – is not inherently a security. In a setback to the SEC, the court also held that...more

Parting the Crypto Sea: Ripple’s XRP Ruled to be a Security When Sold to Private Investors, But Not When Sold on an Exchange

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 7/17/2023

Judge Analisa Torres’ greatly anticipated Order in the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple is a split decision. The Order basically finds that Ripple’s digital token XRP is a security when sold privately to individuals and...more

Telehealth: A New Opportunity for Fraudsters

The Volkov Law Group on 7/5/2023

Whenever new technologies emerge or new pots of government funds for assistance are available, you can count on one thing (as the sun rises and sets) – fraudsters will figure out a way to steal money from innocent persons and...more

As Cryptocurrency Becomes More Mainstream, Payment Scam Risks Increase

K2 Integrity on 5/23/2023

Payment scams exploiting the lure of cryptocurrency are a growing concern for individuals and businesses—losses from crypto scams increased from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 billion in 2022. These scams typically involve...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/16/2023

Circuits Split Over Whether Targeting Is Necessary for Seller Liability - Key Points - - While courts have long held that solicitations must be tailored to a particular audience to precipitate statutory seller liability,...more

Crypto in the Public Capital Markets: Opportunities and Challenges - Capital Markets Compass | Issue 4

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/26/2022

On October 20, Mark Wood, co-head of Katten's National Capital Markets practice, alongside representatives from investment bank H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC and leading publicly traded Bitcoin miner Bitfarms Ltd., discussed the...more

Show me the Cryptocurrency: English High Court Grants Novel Information Orders Against Crypto Exchanges

A&O Shearman on 12/15/2022

The High Court has once again grappled with novel issues raised by disputes concerning cryptoassets, this time in the context of an interim application for information orders....more

SEC Scores a Win in Securities Case Against LBRY

Tonkon Torp LLP on 12/7/2022

If the ongoing fallout from the collapse of offshore cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, and now BlockFi wasn’t enough, crypto investors also lost a significant battle last month in the U.S. District Court of New Hampshire....more

ETH's Merge - What's It All About?

Ankura on 11/7/2022

The blockchain underpinning the ether cryptocurrency has just been made more energy-efficient, secure, and scalable. Ethereum, the blockchain that powers the ether (ETH) cryptocurrency, has upgraded its system in a move...more

Inclusiveness vs Volatility: The Impact of Crypto and Blockchain Technology on Business

Conyers on 10/7/2022

There are widely varying opinions on blockchain and cryptocurrency. Corporate and TMT expert Nicholas Kuria recently spoke to Africa Legal about the impacts of the technology on business, nations and lawyers. Originally...more

The Crypto Weekly - September 2022 Issue #2

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/15/2022

The below articles and industry developments have been identified by Kelley Drye and Warren’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency practice group as relevant during the week of September 7 – September 13. We hope you find this...more

The Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands – Good Alternatives for a Crypto Fund

Conyers on 8/22/2022

A recent report published by AIMA, the 4th AIMA Annual Global Crypto Hedge Fund Report 2022, highlighted the continued growth in the AUM being allocated to this asset class during 2021....more

Crypto Trading Platforms and Bankruptcy Law: Are Clients Protected?

Tonkon Torp LLP on 7/21/2022

Cryptocurrency investors, who were already in the icy clutches of the so-called “crypto winter,” now have another reason to shiver. Insolvency issues are cropping up with some frequency among crypto companies, which is...more

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/18/2022

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

April 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions And Regulatory Guidance Roundup

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/3/2022

In April, we continued to see a steady pace in the seriousness and frequency of crypto enforcement actions by state and federal law enforcement. (See our March 2022 Crypto Enforcement Actions Roundup blog here where we...more

Recent Transaction Transfers Ownership of Digital Mortgage Loans via Blockchain

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/25/2022

In a novel transaction for the blockchain and mortgage industries, a blockchain-focused financial services company and an investment firm announced the completion of a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage...more

In the Midst of Yet Another Hot Month for Crypto Prosecutions, DOJ Recruits Private Sector Companies and Foreign Governments to...

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 3/16/2022

Speaking at the Munich Cyber Security Conference on February 17, 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) plans to prioritize “cyber disruption,” foster international...more

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