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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

FATF publishes targeted update and guidance on virtual assets and VASPs

A&O Shearman on 7/9/2025

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its sixth targeted update on the implementation of its standards for virtual assets (VAs) and virtual asset service providers (VASPs), alongside an updated webpage. The...more

GLI British Virgin Islands blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2025, seventh edition

Carey Olsen on 1/8/2025

Regulatory clarity in the digital assets and crypto space continues to be a moving target. Yet, the interest among policymakers and regulators worldwide has never been more pronounced. In the United States, 2024 was a pivotal...more

Federal Regulators Move To Regulate Stablecoins Through Banking Laws Plus New Legislation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/17/2021

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), together with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), released a much-anticipated Report on...more

FATF Updates Its Global Guidelines for the Regulation of Virtual Assets With an Eye to Emerging Technologies

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/12/2021

On October 28, 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international body that sets standards for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), released updated guidance addressing the...more

Regulatory Considerations for New Iterations in the Crypto and Digital Asset Space

BCLP on 4/9/2021

Recent news coverage has highlighted two potentially watershed moments in the FinTech revolution: the rise of Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”) that challenges both traditional FinTechs and legacy financial institutions alike,...more

Blockchain Week in Review - January 2020 #2

Perkins Coie on 1/24/2020

U.S. Developments - U.S. Regulatory Developments - Bill Addressing Tax Treatment of Crypto Transactions Introduced to the House - On January 16, 2020, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA) and Congressman David Schweikert...more

Blockchain Week in Review - October 2019

Perkins Coie on 10/18/2019

U.S. Developments - U.S. Federal Regulatory Developments - CFTC, FinCEN, and SEC Leaders Release a Join Statement on Digital Assets - On October 11, 2019, the heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”),...more

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