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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Jan 29, 20212 min read
Rise in ransomware beaten back by blockchain boffins
NetWalker, a notorious form of ransomware-as-a-service, has been targeted by the American Department of Justice (DoJ) in a recent...
Jan 22, 20212 min read
French Central Bank hails first funds transaction using digital euro
The Banque de France has reportedly completed a pilot transaction with a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In The Bank announced the...
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Jan 13, 20213 min read
US SEC out to make waves in lawsuit filed against Ripple
Just before the end of 2020, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple Labs and its two top executives with claims that they unlawfully sold...
Dec 18, 20202 min read
From drab cash to digital currency; Sweden assembling CBDC (not from IKEA)
Sweden has long been at the forefront of the move towards a cashless society and is recognised as one of the most cashless economies in...
Dec 14, 20202 min read
France fighting financial criminals with required regulations for digital currency exchanges
In a press release last week, Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of Finance, commanded all digital currency providers to enforce strict...
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Cross border modernisation: Australian Border Force launches blockchain trial
The Australia-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) entered into force on 8 December 2020 bringing with it global benchmarks for...
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Suggestion & Surveillance: Talk of Chinese CBDC scares VIPs from Macau
Macau, a special administrative region of China with a gaming industry seven(!) times larger than that of Las Vegas, has been rattled by...
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Libra seizes the ‘day’ with rebranding
The launch of Libra back in June 2019 drew swathes of attention as the Libra Association attempted to create a compliant digital currency...
Dec 2, 20202 min read
Saudi and UAE Central banks sandbox Bilateral CBDC
In ambitions to shape the application of distributed ledger technology to prevail over existing pain points in cross-border transfers,...
Nov 27, 20201 min read
Hong Kong set to introduce robust digital currency exchange regulations
Taking yet another step away from mainland China and its aggressive posture towards digital currency trading platforms, Hong Kong has...
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Chainalysis code to catch and keep captive seized digital assets
Recently, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis announced it was launching a program designed to manage and store cryptocurrency seized...
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Game on! Regulatory relief granted for gaming token VCOIN by US SEC
The SEC Division of Corporate Finance recently granted a welcome ‘no action position’ for Delaware Corporation IMVU Inc in relation to an...
Nov 27, 20202 min read
China challenges G20 to charge on with CBDC co-operation
Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping urged G20 meeting attendees to support digital currency and advised that member countries should...
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Swift Swiss laws bring blockchain benefits and regulatory certainty
A new set of Swiss laws on blockchain and distributed ledger technology was recently announced (DLT Laws) and approved by the Swiss...
Nov 17, 20202 min read
Big trouble for Bigatton with Bogus BitConnect scam prosecuted by ASIC
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Crown Prosecutors...
Nov 16, 20202 min read
Punishing a ponzi scheme that used bitcoin as bait
The US District Court for the District of Colorado has entered a judgment against Venture Capital Investments for misappropriation of funds
Nov 16, 20203 min read
Uncle Sam seizes a Billion in Bitcoin
Interest rippled through the bitcoin community recently when a digital wallet containing roughly $1 billion in stolen bitcoin — thought...
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