Weekly Blockchain Focus U.S. House Financial Services Committee Hearing New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to join SEC as head of enforcement FBI Bolstering Tactics Against Illicit Cryptocurrency Transactions and Cybercrimes TP ICAP To Launch Cryptoasset Trading Platform Proposed Regulatory Framework – Cryptoassets in South Africa…

Weekly Blockchain Focus House Passes Crypto Bills SEC delays decision on Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF – client 11th Circuit Tosses Crypto Case against rapper T.I. Biden nominee for Treasury Department pushes for crypto regulations China Continues Crackdown on Crypto South Africa Banks Block Crypto UK Financial Markets Regulator Issues Crypto Warning BIS Comments on Bitcoin …

Weekly Blockchain Focus Crypto Rating Council releases its securities law framework Diem Association announces plans to shift operations to the United States Tether releases a breakdown of reserve assets Bank of England deputy governor calls a CBDC probable in public remarks Chainalysis report states that ransomware attacks are becoming more profitable Ethiopia to begin using Cardano-based blockchain IDs in its schools…

Weekly Focus: Bipartisan crypto bill passes House of Representatives Fed leaves interest rates unchanged, while Chairman Powell says equity markets are a “bit frothy” Paxos becomes third federally regulated crypto bank (& raises $300 million) Wyoming DAO law to go into effect in July DOJ announces arrest of Bitcoin Fog founder who allegedly laundered $335M in crypto Turkey bans cryptocurrency payments, sets up central custodian South Korea set to tax crypto trading gains…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Settlements Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select CFTC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets. Beginning with the Order filed in September, 2015 by the CFTC requiring Coinflip and its chief executive officer Francisco Riordan to cease and desist from further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC Regulations, specifically, by operating a facility for…

Perkins Coie LLP is pleased to bring you this updated Digital Asset SEC Timeline. The Digital Asset SEC Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets. Beginning with the release of the DAO Investigative Report in July 2017, the Timeline includes relevant information for analyzing the offering, issuance, and trading of certain digital assets in the…

The AMLA 2020 includes sweeping reforms updating and modernizing U.S. anti-money laundering laws, many of which have implications beyond financial institutions regulated under the Bank Secrecy Act. This multipart series will discuss key takeaways, including (1) new corporate beneficial ownership disclosure requirements; (2) enhanced whistleblower program; (3) expanded subpoena authority over foreign financial institutions accessing the U.S. market; (4) new criminal penalties for concealing the involvement of foreign officials in transactions; (5) expansion of AML…