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Cryptocurrency Victory Amid a Shifting Political Environment: Lesser Charge Still Brings Important Ramifications for Decentralized...

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On Wednesday, August 6, a Southern District of New York jury found Roman Storm, the founder of Tornado Cash, guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business in violation of Section 371 of Title 18 of...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - November 2024 #3

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Crypto Exchanges and Stablecoin Issuers Announce Multiple New Products - Multiple crypto sector companies have recently announced new products. In a press release, LayerZero, “an omnichain interoperability protocol that...more

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Crypto Litigation and Enforcement: Q3 2024 - Key Takeaways and Updates

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Civil and criminal litigation heated up this summer in high-profile crypto matters that will affect crypto projects moving forward. For their quarterly crypto lit update, partner David Feder and associates Rebecca...more

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Crypto Trading Platforms and Bankruptcy Law: Are Clients Protected?

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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

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FinCEN Publishes Guidance Pertaining to Certain Business Models Involving Convertible Virtual Currencies

On May 9, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US Department of the Treasury (FinCEN) issued guidance relating to how its regulations apply to certain businesses that transact in "convertible virtual currencies"...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - May 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Files Enforcement Action Against Alleged Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme - On May 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint in the U.S....more

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Blockchain Week in Review - April 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Blockstack Files With SEC for Regulation A+ Token Sale - Blockstack, the New York-based blockchain software provider, has announced that it intends to make a $50 million token offering that would use...more

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FinTech Forward: Blockchain, ICOs, and Cryptocurrencies

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In this episode, Jeremy McLaughlin and Dan Cohen discuss blockchain use cases, and the regulatory trends and associated frameworks for ICOs, and cryptocurrencies. In particular, they provide an overview of the application of...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - February 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Florida Court of Appeals Rules That Direct Sales of Bitcoin Constituted Money Transmission and the Sale of Payment Instruments - Reversing the order issued by the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, the...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - January 2019 #3

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U.S. Developments - Flood of State Virtual Currency Legislation - Since the start of the new year there have been roughly nine virtual currency bills introduced or passed in four different states. Overall, the bills...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - January 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - Texas Clarifies that Stablecoins Backed by Sovereign Currency Qualify as “Money” Under Money Transmission Statute - The Texas Department of Banking recently issued a Supervisory...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - September 2018 #4

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Roundup of CFTC Resources - U.S. Developments - Cryptocurrency and the Colorado Money Transmitter License Act - On September 20, 2018, following months of consultation with the Colorado Attorney General’s office,...more

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Legal Issues With Blockchain-Based Crypto Games and Collectibles

The use of blockchain technology for crypto games and token-based digital collectibles is on the rise. One of the first crypto games of note was CryptoKitties. It may turn out that CryptoKitties becomes to crypto games what...more

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Blockchain Week in Review – September 2017 #7

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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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Blockchain Week in Review - June 2017 #5

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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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Blockchain Week in Review – April 2017 #3

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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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Blockchain and the Law - Overview of token sales and bitcoin property rights

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On March 29, 2017, Perkins Coie partner Dax Hansen and associate Josh Boehm were invited to the Cyber Initiative at Stanford Law School to deliver a presentation on several cutting-edge legal issues relating to blockchain...more

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