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Blockchain
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Tax Controversy Report
SEC Continues Crackdown on Initial Coin Offerings With Cease-and-Desist Order
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced yesterday that a California-based company selling digital tokens to investors to raise capital for its blockchain-based food review service halted its initial coin offering…
FinTech Update
Security Implications for Blockchain Technology Reviewed by SEC
On October 12, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Committee (“SEC”) held an Investor Advisory Committee (“IAC”) meeting to consider, among other things, blockchain technology and the implications for securities…
Restructuring Globalview
Bitcoin is doomed. Long live the blockchain
As part of our series on blockchains and cryptocurrencies, John Danahy, a partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ London office, explores the recent meteoric rise in the value of Bitcoins, the…
Green Building Law Update
Blockchain has come to Real Estate
Earlier this fall an apartment in Kiev became the first real estate purchased using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. It is suggested blockchain…
Blockchain and the Law
Australian Securities Exchange Announces Decision to Implement Blockchain-Based Clearing and Settlement System
Blockchain advocates have been awaiting the final decision by ASX Ltd, the Australian Securities Exchange, as to whether ASX will replace its existing and aged CHESS registry, settlement and clearing…
GT TechVenture Views
Will Patent Sharing Organizations Boost Blockchain Innovation?
Companies across many different industries are starting to look toward blockchain technology as a way to conduct business more effectively, efficiently, and securely. As a result, there are new blockchain…
Blockchain and the Law
Blockchain and Privacy
By Adam Waks
Discussions about “blockchain” technology seem to be everywhere these days, with potential applications spanning industries as diverse as banking, healthcare, real estate, law enforcement, entertainment, and even wine and jewelry sales.…
Blockchain and the Law
Income, from Whatever Exchange, Mine, or Fork Derived: The Basics of U.S. Cryptocurrency Taxation
In this first of (we hope) many posts on the interesting and myriad tax issues arising in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, we focus on the very basic…
Socially Aware Blog
The Blockchain Opportunity Summit
Here at Socially Aware, we focus on the opportunities and challenges presented by emerging technologies. With broad-ranging applications that could transform businesses of all kinds, blockchain is clearly one of…
Financial Services Observer
Greenberg Traurig’s Maria Sendra to Speak at Blockchain Expo North America 2017
By Greenberg Traurig, Aimee Wildstone
Maria Sendra, a shareholder in the Silicon Valley office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will speak at Blockchain Expo North America 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.…