Jan 31, 20203 min read
Cryptocurrency and criminals: assessing the evidence in Chainalysis' 2020 Report
Is crypto and blockchain a world of cyber criminals? How much darket money is sloshing around? Chainalysis' 2020 report is a must read
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
Is crypto and blockchain a world of cyber criminals? How much darket money is sloshing around? Chainalysis' 2020 report is a must read
Leading Australian crytocurrency exchange Independent Reserve has announced plans to expand into Singapore
Emurgo, has partnered with Uzbekistan’s National Agency of Project Management (NAPM) in order to establish a regulatory framework for STOs.
The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5) is now in effect, and extends the EU’s AML/CTF rules to include virtual currencies.
Piper Alderman has written the Australian chapter of Getting the Deal Through – Cryptoassets and Blockchain 2019, published by Lexology
The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) has announced that all services involving cryptocurrencies have been banned.
The Ukranian government has approved the final version of a money laundering law that will handle virtual assets and VASPs.
Another class action complaint has been filed against Bitfinex and Tether in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is reported to become the first Canadian Bank to launch its own cryptocurrency exchange and offer bank accounts.
Her Majesties' Revenue & Customs has provided a jolly good update of tax rules for crypto-asset companies operating in the UK.
Liquefy has inked a deal to be the technology provider for a consortium of Gulf families on a real estate digital securities project.
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has green lit TokenGX’s request to facilitate secondary-market trading of security tokens.
The tax treatment of digital currencies has been historically difficult, but that has been starting to change...
As the ASX draws close to replacing Australia's equity clearing and settlement system, resistance from incumbents has grown.
California resident Seth Shapiro has filed a lawsuit against wireless service giant AT&T.
Grayscale Investments has been given regulatory approval to list what it calls the first publicly-traded digital currency index fund.
Giant of the funds management world, Vanguard, has taken another step towards further blockchain integration in FX trading.
The recently created Crypto Rating Council has developed a quantitative framework to rate which cryptos might be securities under US law...
