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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Don't bank on it: when can a bank close a customer account?
When a bank declines or withdraws services, this is known as “de-banking”. As a practice, de-banking has had widespread impacts on high...
4 days ago5 min read


Japan greenlights first regulated yen-backed stablecoin
Japan's Financial Services Agency will for the first time permit the issuance of yen-denominated stablecoins. According to the Nikkei...
4 days ago2 min read


Pay me in stables! Bullish bags $1.15b in stablecoins from IPO proceeds
Bullish, the institutional focused cryptocurrency exchange backed by Peter Thiel, has received $1.15 billion from its initial public...
4 days ago2 min read


On the chopping block: 100 DCE registrations slated for cancellation
In a press release issued last week, AUSTRAC announced a campaign to target cancellation of remittance registrations following its “use...
Aug 142 min read


Doh! Kwon admits Terra/Luna was not self healing
The founder of the algorithmic stablecoin project Terra ( UST ), Do Kwon, has pled guilty to fraud charges in New York after a lengthy...
Aug 143 min read


Smoother waters ahead as SEC officially ends Ripple rift?
Ripple's long running saga at the hands of the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has finally come to a close. The case first...
Aug 132 min read


Guilty Verdict Generates DeFi Developer Despair: Is Storm's Split Verdict a Forecast of Coding Chill?
The closely followed verdict in the criminal prosecution of Roman Storm, Tornado Cash's founder, has finally been handed down. This...
Aug 73 min read


Darting from the blocks, the CFTC's crypto sprint begins
Last week, Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) Acting Chair Caroline Pham announced a “crypto sprint” to implement the...
Aug 73 min read


Staking Success: SEC's Sensible Stance Finally Stakes Out Clarity
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has dropped some surprisingly sensible guidance on liquid staking that has the crypto world...
Aug 75 min read
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