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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 GENIUS Act: What Is It and What’s Next?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/25/2025

On June 17, the U.S. Senate voted 68-30 to pass S.1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, known as the GENIUS Act (the Act). This represents a landmark effort by the U.S. Congress to...more

Stablecoins in the Cayman Islands

Conyers on 10/17/2024

The evolution of the cryptocurrency landscape has led to the development and rapid adoption of stablecoins globally. A stablecoin, as the name suggests, is essentially a virtual asset that is designed to maintain a stable...more

Congress Getting in on Barbenheimer Action, Goes for Crypto Tax Double Feature

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 7/27/2023

Recent legislative action suggests that Congress is eager to resolve many unanswered crypto tax issues. On July 11, 2023, Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo released an open letter to the “members of the digital asset...more

The Virtual Currency Regulation Review - November 2022

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 11/7/2022

I - INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK - Canada currently has no comprehensive framework governing the regulation of digital assets. Securities regulation has emerged as the main regulatory instrument in...more

Regulating Crypto: Cryptocurrency Executives Head to Capitol Hill

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 1/11/2022

A recent study found that 16 percent of Americans have invested in, traded or used cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether. This widespread use, coupled with the cryptocurrency industry having limited to no regulatory...more

How Will Virtual Currency Be Taxed?

Foodman CPAs & Advisors on 11/17/2021

Despite the confusing interpretations by US regulators, non-compliance with crypto tax rules can cost taxpayers dearly. Unfortunately, the answer to “how is virtual currency taxed” depends on who you ask....more

Cryptocurrency Roundup - Market Rebounds After SEC Chair Expresses Cautious Optimism But ETFs Are Still Off The Table...For Now

Burr & Forman on 2/16/2018

The cryptocurrency market took a nosedive earlier this month after the stock market tanked and the Peoples Bank of China issued a statement that it would block access to all domestic and foreign cryptocurrency exchanges. ...more

Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 3.29.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/29/2016

Major news for the extended Blackstone & private equity family yesterday, as federal authorities arrested Wall Street exec Andrew Caspersen on charges of securities and wire fraud in what they’re labeling a “’brazen’ scheme...more

The CSBS Finalizes Model Framework for Virtual Currencies

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/29/2015

On September 15, 2015, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (“CSBS”) issued its final Model Regulatory Framework on virtual currency activities (“Final Framework”). The Final Framework follows the CSBS’s December 2014...more

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