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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 -

Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – April 2025 # 5

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/1/2025

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more

National Trust Banks – Revisited for Crypto and Payments

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/25/2024

In the absence of modern charters and licenses, payments companies and other fintechs—both established financial services providers and new market entrants—must generally obtain 50+ money transmitter and possibly other state...more

Fed Opens Debate On U.S. Digital Currency

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 2/10/2022

Report Examines Pros and Cons of CBDC The Federal Reserve is considering issuing a Central Bank Digital Coin (CBDC), according to a new report considering the pros and cons of such a move....more

Government Efforts to Address Cryptocurrencies Ramp Up as Federal Reserve Releases Report on Digital Currency

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/3/2022

Several recent events highlight the expanding effort by the federal government to address the growing digital currency marketplace and the government’s role in it....more

Regulators Gallop To Cryptocurrency's "Wild West"

Bilzin Sumberg on 12/16/2021

Even enthusiastic participants in the booming cryptocurrency sector have at times described it as having a distinctly “Wild West” feel at this relatively early stage of its development. Lately, though, there has been no...more

Crypto Payment Options Announced, Federal Reserve Official Addresses Bitcoin, US and Foreign Actions Target Crypto Crimes, DeFi...

BakerHostetler on 2/22/2021

Crypto Payment Options Announced, Federal Reserve Official Addresses Bitcoin - Late last week, BitPay, a leading provider of cryptocurrency payment services, announced that U.S. users of its prepaid debit card, which allows...more

Cryptocurrency 101 – DOJ’s New Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework Provides Guidance And Promises Of Heightened Scrutiny Of...

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/22/2020

On October 8, 2020, the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force (“the Task Force”) issued its Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework (the “Report”), which offers background on virtual assets, enforcement milestones, and...more

The Future of Stablecoins—Anything But Stable?

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/2/2019

Stablecoin currencies such as Facebook’s Libra may pose systemic risks to the global financial system, according to a recently released Federal Reserve Report. In its Financial Stability Report released on November 19, 2019,...more

CFTC Updates on Virtual Currency Regulation, Alternatives to Libor and Fallout From Brexit

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/31/2018

In 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo made clear he will strive to improve, not abolish, many reforms the CFTC adopted to implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s mandate for new...more

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