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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... more +
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 -
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The GENIUS Act Advances in the Senate

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The U.S. Senate’s proposal to regulate stablecoins, known as the GENIUS Act, has successfully cleared a significant procedural hurdle, moving closer to a full floor debate. On May 19, lawmakers voted to invoke cloture on the...more

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FinCEN Proposes New Regulation To Enhance Transparency In Convertible Virtual Currency Mixing And Combat Terrorist Financing

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Summary of What Has Happened and What Is Yet to Come - On 19 October 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), pursuant to...more

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Will the Proposed IRS Regulations Hinder the Growth of Tokenization in Real Estate?

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As digital currency grows in use and acceptability, digital currency has entered into many traditional investment markets. Commercial real estate is no exception. The conversion of real estate assets to digital tokens using...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Playing the Waiting Game on Crypto Tax Reporting

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As previously discussed here, the IRS published guidance in December 2022 effectively postponing the January 1, 2023 effective date for certain digital asset broker reporting rules until final regulations are promulgated. To...more

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CRPTO Act Cracks Down On CRYPTO

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Regulators have been slow walking the imposition of cryptocurrency regulation schemes despite multi-billion-dollar thefts and losses. This lack of regulation could be coming to an end…and fast, with the finance capital of the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup April 24 – April 28, 2023

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 24, 2023 – April 28, 2023...more

Shipkevich PLLC

NYDFS Issues Proposed Rule Establishing Process to Assess Operating Costs for Virtual Currency Businesses Licensed in New York

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On December 1, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a press release regarding a proposed regulation that details how licensed virtual currency businesses would be assessed for supervision and...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

New Draft Regulation on Financial Asset Service Providers

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The Israeli Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) recently published drafts of two important circulars regulating financial asset service providers, including provisions regarding protection of virtual...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Toomey Introduces Proposal for Payment Stablecoin Regulatory Framework ...

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On April 6, 2022, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, and an advocate for clarity in cryptocurrency regulations, released a discussion draft of legislation that would provide a...more

White & Case LLP

FinCEN’s proposed regulation of virtual assets

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A controversial proposed rule from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network would bring bank-like regulation of virtual asset transactions, including the first broadly-applied AML reporting requirement in at least two...more

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FinCEN’s Proposed Rulemaking for Cryptocurrency – The Balance of National Security vs. Privacy

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Just before the Christmas holidays, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued proposed rulemaking entitled “Requirements for Certain Transactions Involving Convertible Virtual...more

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DFS proposes new framework for virtual currency regulations

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New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has released a Request for Comments on a Proposed Framework for a Conditional BitLicense (Request for Comments) that DFS says will make it easier for start-ups to enter...more

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New York Proposed Guidance on Virtual Currencies

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On December 11, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services ("DFS") issued two proposed changes to the regime that is in place in New York for the regulation and licensing of virtual currency ("VC") businesses....more

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Weekly IRS Roundup October 21 – 25, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 21 – 25, 2019. October 21, 2019: The IRS issued a news release in which it announced the...more

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U.S. House Continues to Explore Blockchain Regulation

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Following up on their recent introduction of the Token Taxonomy Act, Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Warren Davidson (R-OH) have teamed up again to introduce a new slate of bipartisan bills related to virtual currency....more

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Derivatives In Review - August 2018

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On July 12, ISDA initiated a market-wide consultation on technical issues related to new benchmark fallbacks for derivatives referencing certain interbank offered rates, or IBORs, in response to the expected discontinuance of...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Week in Review – October 2017

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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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Primer on the Draft Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act

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The Uniform Law Commission is set to vote on a draft Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act at its upcoming annual meeting in San Diego beginning on July 14th. As numerous states and federal regulators have...more

Perkins Coie

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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NYDFS Changes to Proposed BitLicense Regulations

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released its revised proposed BitLicense regulations on February 4, 2015. Changes from NYDFS’ initial proposed regulations are listed below. Among the more...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - October 2014 #5

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In this issue: - In preliminarily denying two exemption requests, the SEC takes a stand for market transparency in ETFs and upholds the arbitrage mechanism that allows market prices to closely track NAVs. -...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Idaho Drafting Cloud Computing Regulation in the Wake of H.B. 598

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The Idaho Sales Tax Rules Committee is currently revising Rule 027, Computer Equipment, Software, and Data Services, in response to the passage of H.B. 598. The Committee met for the last time on July 24 to discuss the draft...more

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The Empire State Strikes Back: New York Proposes Rules for Virtual Currency

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (the “Department”) recently published its proposed rules and regulations (the “Proposed Rules”) for vendors conducting business involving virtual currency. The Proposed...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Virtual Currencies: New York State Department of Financial Services Releases Proposed Regulations

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As the first of their kind, the proposed regulations may add legitimacy to virtual currencies, but the new regulatory regime could stifle innovation and development. On July 23, 2014, the New York State Department of...more

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New York Proposes First State Bitcoin Regulations

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One might have thought the biggest news in the digital currency world lately was Dell announcing that it was now accepting bitcoin. However, after a series of highly-publicized hearings in January, New York State rolled out...more

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