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Tornado Cash: can Smart Contracts weather a sanction storm?
The US Treasury has announced it has sanctioned the collection of smart contracts known as Tornado Cash. In 2018, the Office of Foreign...
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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Aug 8, 20223 min read
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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 2, 20222 min read
Gensler alludes to SEC's next moves in educational video on crypto exchanges
SEC Chair Gary Gensler has released an "educational" video on digital currency exchanges once again touting the "obvious" need to have...
Aug 2, 20221 min read
Brazil Santander Bank plans to offer crypto-trading
Santander Bank has announced its plans to offer its Brazilian customers crypto trading services. According to a Folha De S.Paulo...
Aug 1, 20222 min read
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SEC investigating Coinbase for dealing in unregistered securities
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) is probing Coinbase - a prominent...
Jul 28, 20221 min read
Barclays sees potential gold in Copper Series-C
UK-based banking giant Barclays has reportedly invested millions into crypto custody firm Copper during its latest capital raise. Having...
Jul 22, 20222 min read
GameStop launches NFT Marketplace
GameStop, the American video game retailer, has announced the launch of its NFT marketplace, GameStop NFT. Launching on Ethereum using a...
Jul 22, 20222 min read
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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...
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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 15, 20222 min read
Celsius files for bankruptcy, under investigation
Embattled crypto lender, Celsius Network (Celsius), has filed for bankruptcy in New York. The filing follows a statement issued by the US...
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
US Fed's Vice Chair pushes for crypto regulation
Speaking at the recent Bank of England Conference, the Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard, has urged crypto regulation as a...
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 8, 20222 min read
Grayscale takes SEC to Court over spot bitcoin ETF
Grayscale, a bitcoin investment trust, has failed in its attempt to convert its Bitcoin Trust, known as GBTC, into an exchange-traded...
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