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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 -

The crypto question: Digital currency dealmaking set to boom in 2025

White & Case LLP on 5/12/2025

Dealmaking within the US and Europe is climbing as crypto assets increasingly enter the mainstream - Dealmaking in the digital currency space is flourishing, buoyed by strong industry growth, political backing and supportive...more

Crypto is Here to Stay in 2024, So Be Careful How You Talk About It

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/2/2024

More than ever before, financial services regulators must increasingly adapt to technological advances. Perhaps no other technological advancement is more important right now than crypto currency. Crypto currency is defined...more

The North Korean Crypto Threat

K2 Integrity on 10/17/2022

Executive Summary - The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more

Virtual "Currencies": Not actual currencies

White & Case LLP on 2/17/2022

As with any new phenomenon, the rise of digital assets has created a new lexicon. "Blockchain," "tokens," and "coins" are now household vocabulary. Central to the discussion are a set of assets generally classified as...more

Blockchain Trends and Enforcement Surrounding the New Technology

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2020

In 2019, regulators continued to consider whether and how to regulate blockchain technology. After the two previous years that included a high number of initial coin offerings (ICOs), many of which involved allegedly...more

Wind of Change - The Year FinTech Came in From the Cold - Polsinelli BitBlog: Year End Edition

Polsinelli on 1/3/2020

Digital assets and Blockchain technologies which were once described as the tools of criminals, are now a key part of efforts by traditional financial services firms to transform their businesses and innovative firms looking...more

New York’s Department of Financial Services: the Self-Styled “Regulator of the Future”

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/30/2019

Under its new leader, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has staked out high ground for itself by self-identifying as the “regulator of the future” DFS’s pronouncement came in a July press release issued...more

Jones Day Presents: Regulatory Issues and Blockchain

Jones Day on 2/6/2019

Partner Harriet Territt discusses how technologies such as blockchain and digital currencies have outpaced regulators and the steps various governmental agencies are taking to address regulatory issues....more

Jones Day Presents: What Is Blockchain and How Is It Used?

Jones Day on 1/24/2019

Do you have questions about blockchain technology? Watch "What is Blockchain and How is it Used?," the first in a series of 12 short Jones Day Presents: Blockchain videos. In this program, Jones Day partner Mark Rasmussen...more

Our Music Festival- Empowering a Decentralized Fanbase with Blockchain

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/2/2018

Distributed ledger technology is continuing to be thought of as the technology that can address some of the issues that plague the music and content-creation space. Our Music Festival (“OMF”) is relying on this technology to...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/1/2018

As promised, the Fed on Wednesday announced “one of the most significant rollbacks of bank rules” since the White House changed hands in the form of a draft proposal that would loosen capital and liquidity requirements for...more

Wyoming and Vermont Look to Blockchain for Economic Development

Fisher Phillips on 7/30/2018

A small number of states see blockchain technology as a way to attract new businesses to their state to spur economic development. In March 2018, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead signed sweeping legislation that makes limited...more

Tax on cryptocurrency transactions: SARS should come to the aid of taxpayers

Hogan Lovells on 5/17/2018

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) recently released a media statement indicating that “normal income tax rules” apply to cryptocurrency transactions. ...more

Legal Issues With Blockchain-Based Crypto Games and Collectibles

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/11/2018

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

Global Regulatory Update for Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/8/2018

• The rapid proliferation of technological advancements in global financial markets has caused regulators in several countries to increase their scrutiny of investments in, and implications of, cryptocurrencies. • This...more

Governments Begin to Embrace Cryptocurrency

The Volkov Law Group on 3/8/2018

The world is abuzz about cryptocurrency. By this point, most everyone has heard of Bitcoin, and may even know about some of the other big players in the world such as Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, and countless others. The...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/19/2018

NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange is looking to do the as-yet inconceivable: bring some order to cryptocurrencies. The plan, announced yesterday, is to launch a data feed that pull info from cryptocurrency exchanges around...more

Bitcoin, Blockchain and Consumer Protection Laws

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/10/2018

• Unsophisticated consumers eager to make a profit remain susceptible to representations by companies that are false and misleading, and constitute deceptive acts or practices in violation of the Federal Trade Commission...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/11/2017

Bitcoin futures started trading yesterday for the first time prompting concerns about the volatility of the cryptocurrency that prompted several exchange outages due to 10%+ swings in its price as well as heavy website...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/7/2017

Wells Fargo has reportedly uncovered another trove of unauthorized accounts, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. The bank also disclosed a CFPB investigation over potential harm to customers over its practice of...more

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