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Breaking news and analysis exploring how the legal industry and regulators are approaching virtual currency and other blockchain-enabled items.
By Michael A. Mora | February 6, 2025
“If your Rule 30(b)(6) witness doesn’t know anything or is unresponsive, life will become very, very, very unpleasant for the FDIC,” U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes warned the agency's counsel.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 5, 2025
“His firm was a big promoter of Ether and Ethereum, and those are some of the circumstances that caused us to request the inspector general investigation,” Tristan Leavitt, the president of Empower Oversight, alleged in an interview.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 4, 2025
“Working in crypto involves operating in gray areas without legal precedent, and the most successful attorneys can make informed decisions quickly even without clarity,” said Sylvia Favretto, general counsel at Mysten Labs.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 3, 2025
“The change in administration certainly means that a different approach to enforcement in the crypto space is coming, but it doesn’t mean that it’s open season on investors," said Mark Kasten, counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
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By Michael A. Mora | January 31, 2025
The case is backed by Lara T. Gatz, a partner, Daniel A. Sox, of counsel, and Conor D. Cassidy, an associate, at Reed Smith in the Am Law 50 firm’s Miami office.
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By Michael A. Mora | January 30, 2025
“Based on the allegations, there’s a tension between what’s a failed business idea that was launched in good faith and what’s a nefarious rug pull," said Scott Armstrong, a principal at McGovern Weems and former federal prosecutor.
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By Dan Novak | January 29, 2025
“Unless you’ve got a third agency that's going to say, ‘These are security coins and these are commodity coins,’ it doesn't resolve anything,” said law professor Jack Graves. “This [bill] kind of tries to draw a bright line rule between the two. I think they're dreaming because as soon as you draw rules, everybody's going to be in the gray area trying to move the other direction.”
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By Alyssa Aquino | January 29, 2025
Antonia Apps predicted during this year's Securities Enforcement Forum that new agency leadership would be more thoughtful in deciding when to ban individuals from the securities industry, and would be more receptive to Wells meetings.
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By Charles S. Kolstad | January 29, 2025
The inclusion of DEXs and DeFi participants in the definition of "broker" has a number of significant corollary implications.
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By Michael A. Mora | January 28, 2025
“There are not more than 100 lawyers in the world who even have the expertise to track this stuff down,” said Franklin L. Zemel, a partner at Saul Ewing and co-chair of the Florida Bar’s Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Committee.
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