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Digital Currency
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The CPA Desk
Bitcoins – Are they for real?
Instead of getting a paycheck, imagine being paid in tokens to use at the arcade, or in “points” to use online. And still be fully taxed. Bitcoin is a bit…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Canada Takes Step Towards Recognizing Virtual Currencies
In the Budget speech last February, the Minister of Finance announced that the Government would introduce anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations for virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. On June…
Technology Law Source
Coinye West will not take over bitcoin’s reign on cryptocurrency
There’s exciting news in the world of cryptocurrency, the exchange medium that uses cryptography to secure the transactions and control the creation of new units. Bitcoin, created in 2009, was…
Socially Aware Blog
Status Updates
By Morrison & Foerster’s Social Media Practice Group
Death in the digital age. When someone dies, his or her heirs or executor will have broad rights to access the deceased person’s letters, documents and other physical assets. Delaware…
PropertyProf Blog
Who Owns Your iTunes Library After You Die?
Slate looks at some cutting-edge issues:The fate of your online life after death is a sensitive topic, and one both the law and technology companies have struggled with how to…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Judge Rakoff Rules that Bitcoin Is Money in New York Federal Court
By Michael Rosensaft, Claudia Callaway
On August 19, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling in the case of Robert Faiella, holding that…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Warning on Bitcoin
By David Herzig
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is now warning consumers of the risks of using virtual currency. "The Bureau's Consumer Advisory notes that there are certain "associated risks" of using virtual…
Corporate and Securities Law
CFPB Cautions on Bitcoin and Begins Collecting Complaints on Virtual Currencies
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB issues consumer advisory on virtual currencies and begins taking virtual currency complaints
In conjunction with issuing a consumer advisory today on virtual currencies, the CFPB announced that it is now taking complaints about virtual currency products and services. The CFPB's actions follows the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Elizabeth R. Gorman, Note, When the Poor Have Nothing Left to Eat: The United States' Obligation to…