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The Securities Exchance Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1934 to govern the secondary securities trading market. In addition, the Securities Exchange Act established the Securities and Exchange... more +

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SEC Staff Clarifies That Certain Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Do Not Implicate the Securities Laws

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/25/2025

The Staff noted that a stablecoin generally is not subject to SEC jurisdiction if it is not an investment and used solely for commercial activity....more

Ripple Effect: SEC Lawsuit against Cryptocurrency Company May Provide Guidance For Crypto Industry

Amundsen Davis LLC on 3/12/2021

On December 21, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a high-profile enforcement action against a major cryptocurrency company. The SEC complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws by defendant...more

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement – Paving the Way for a Cross-Border Fintech Sandbox

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/31/2020

At over $30 billion USD in transactions a year, the United States-Mexico remittance corridor is one of the largest in the world. The rapid development of cryptocurrencies has enabled cross-border transactions at just a...more

The FinTech Revolution: How Data Breaches Can Result in Regulatory Enforcement Actions

Blank Rome LLP on 9/14/2018

This is the fifth installment in a series of articles. For more background on this topic, please read our first article in the series, An Introduction to Financial Technology; our second article, The FinTech Revolution:...more

Fintech Alert: SEC Advises That an Unincorporated Virtual Organization That Issued Virtual Currency Engaged in an Unregistered...

Blank Rome LLP on 8/10/2017

Financial Services - Action Item: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has provided guidance for digital currency offerings that may run afoul of the U.S. securities laws. Investors, token issuers, and other...more

SEC: Certain Initial Coin Offerings Are Securities Offerings

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/28/2017

SEC’s investigative report sends clear message that virtual transactions using innovative technologies are subject to the application of securities laws. Introduction - On July 25, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange...more

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