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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Sep 13, 20223 min read
Australian Tax Office (air)drops new airdrop guidance
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has issued new guidelines on how Australia's tax regime applies to cryptocurrency rewards and new...
Sep 6, 20226 min read
Sep 5, 20222 min read
Trademark filings point to F1 NFTs
In recent years, fans have paid close attention to international trademark filings to have an early opportunity to look at what their...
Sep 1, 20221 min read
ASX completes test pilot of blockchain settlement
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) recently won their first victory in their blockchain settlement scheme, effecting a test-pilot...
Sep 1, 20222 min read
State Street on the road to tokenisation
State Street, one of the world's largest asset management and custody firms, has announced plans to work towards tokenising funds and...
Aug 16, 20222 min read
NFTlord? New Ethereum token standard allows for NFT loans and rentals
NFT owners can now rent out their digital assets for use by others following a new Ethereum token standard being finalised. The new...
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Alexander Vinnik reportedly being extradited to US
Alexander Vinnik - a Russian national accused of running BTC-e, a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange implicated in the MtGox...
Aug 5, 20222 min read
A reminder on digital asset protection: Solana and Nomad Bridge Hack
Nomad, a cryptocurrency bridge that lets users swap tokens between blockchains, and Solana, a leading blockchain and challenger to...
Aug 1, 20222 min read
Aug 1, 20222 min read
A burning deadline passes for Hirst NFT collectors
In 2016, famous UK artist Damien Hirst started created 10,000 unique dot paintings in a collaborative project with HENI known as 'The...
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Reserve Bank Governor reserves crypto praise for stablecoins
At a G20 finance officials meeting on Sunday, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Dr Philip Lowe, made comments...
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Disney partners with Polygon for NFT acceleration
Walt Disney has named blockchain provider Polygon, as one of six companies to be joining its 2022 Disney Accelerator program. As a part...
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Jul 15, 20221 min read
NFTs stolen in Phishing Attack on Uniswap v3
A group of hackers has pulled off a major phishing scam on a Uniswap v3 liquidity pool, making off with NFTs worth roughly US$3.56m in...
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Shanghai Govt launches $1.5B Metaverse Development Fund
The Shanghai Government has announced the launch of a US$1.5 billion Metaverse Development Fund as part of measures designed to boost its...
Jul 12, 20222 min read
U.S Treasury releases framework for responsible development of digital asset regulation
The United States Treasury has issued a framework on crypto-assets designed to assist US government agencies to work with foreign...
Jul 8, 20222 min read
SEC Chair confirms BTC is a commodity but infers ETH is a security
In a recent interview with CNBC, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler confirmed his view that Bitcoin is a...
Jul 7, 20222 min read
EU to implement "travel rule" for crypto transfers
The EU Parliament and Council have reached a provisional deal to curb money laundering and terrorism financing in Europe by implementing...
Jun 30, 20221 min read
A$DC used in Carbon Credit purchase
On Monday, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) announced the first purchase of tokenised Australian carbon credits using...
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