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Stablecoins: Revolutionizing Global Finance?

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Following the recent focus on two major regulatory frameworks—the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (known as the GENIUS Act) in the United States, and Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the...more

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ESMA final guidelines on preventing and detecting market abuse under MiCAR

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report on the guidelines on supervisory practices for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) to prevent and detect market abuse under the Market in...more

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CFTC Staff Takes a "Measured First Step" in Artificial Intelligence

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Introduction - On 5 December 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Data, Market Oversight, and Market Participants issued a staff advisory on the use of artificial intelligence...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

A flurry of legal and enforcement activity has arisen over the last two weeks across a wide range of areas in the Web3 space, including actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control,...more

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BitBlog Bi-Weekly Update - February 2020

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Many crypto entrepreneurs are seeking to build decentralized networks in which a token serves as a means of exchange on, or provides access to a function of the network.  In the course of building out the network, they need...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Systemic Importance of Cloud-Based Service Providers to Banks

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US lawmakers urge FSOC to designate cloud-based storage systems used by major banks as systemically important financial market utilities. In an August 22, 2019, letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in his...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Anche l'Italia avrà la sua regulatory sandbox

La legge 28 giugno 2019, n. 58 ("Legge 58/2019") ha convertito con modificazioni il decreto legge 30 aprile 2019, n. 34 (c.d. "Decreto Crescita"), introducendo un'importante novità in materia di regolamentazione bancaria,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Frequently Asked Questions on Virtual Currency and CFTC Jurisdiction

On October 17, 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) newly formed financial technology (fintech) innovation group, LabCFTC, released its first fintech primer, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies” (VC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFTC Issues Primer on Virtual Currency, Virtual Tokens and ICOs

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC recently released, “A CFTC Primer on Virtual Currencies.” This primer provides an overview of virtual currencies and their potential use-cases, helps outline the CFTC’s role...more

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Should the SEC Allow FinTech Firms to Play in a Sandbox?

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The growth of financial services technology (FinTech) presents tremendous opportunities for the industry. However, the growth of FinTech also poses substantial challenges to regulators including the U.S. Securities and...more

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Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter - January 2017

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Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more

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