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BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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RBA bags bumper response to CBDC pilot
in a speech last week, Brad Jones, the Assistant Governor (Financial System) of Australia's central bank (the RBA) examined the risks and...
Dec 14, 20221 min read
Sam Bankman-Fried arrested
Founder and former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has been arrested in the Bahamas after a sealed indictment containing criminal...
Dec 9, 20223 min read
ASIC Chair briefs Parliament on FTX fallout
The Chairman of ASIC, Mr Joe Longo, appeared before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Institutions (the...
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Binance pulls out of FTX acquisition, staff leave and websites go dark
Binance has pulled out of a proposed deal to acquire beleaguered crypto exchange FTX, announcing the move only 2 hours ago. FTX has...
Oct 28, 20222 min read
ASIC targets Qoin in latest crypto enforcement move
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings alleging unlicensed conduct and false, misleading or deceptive representations relating to a...
Oct 19, 20222 min read
Crypto Target Market Determinations Targeted by ASIC
On Monday, ASIC announced that it had made interim stop orders preventing Holon Investments Australia Limited (Holon) from offering or...
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Tornado Cash winds pick up: Coin Center sues OFAC over privacy concerns
Coin Center - a crypto policy not-for-profit organisation - has brought proceedings against the US Treasury Department's Office of...
Oct 7, 20223 min read
EU releases full MiCA text: Are NFTs in or out?
Members of the European Council have approved the full text of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), which will shape the...
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The SEC catches up with the Kardashians
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced charges and settlement against Kim Kardashian, best known for her family's...
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Does the SEC regulate all of Ethereum now?
Following on from last week's news of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against crypto influencer Ian Ballina for an...
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Senator Bragg releases draft bill on Digital Assets regulation
Following Treasury Consultation over the proposed shape of a centralised exchange licensing regime, Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has...
Sep 14, 20224 min read
Square peg round hole: Gensler urges registration of crypto-assets despite regulatory mismatch
The Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has reiterated his reductive approach to the...
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...
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