BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
Utah passes latest DAO law
The Utah State Legislature has passed HB 357, the "Utah Decentralized Autonomous Organizations" Act (Utah DAO Act) aimed at fostering an...
It's in the bag: Hermes wins NFT infringement lawsuit over Birkin bags
The limits of artistic expression were tested this week as a US jury found that NFTs, featuring the design of the famous Hermès Birkin...
Kraken avoids further crack down after SEC settlement
Payward Ventures Inc. and Payward Trading Ltd, the two entities behind global crypto exchange Kraken, have announced an end to their...
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...
BlockFiles for Chapter 11
Embattled cryptocurrency lender BlockFi and eight of its affiliate entities have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under the...
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...
Do you need a token dealing policy? Managing insider trading, fraud and conflicts risk
The past year has seen two high profile incidents involving buying or selling crypto-assets (tokens and NFTs) based on information...
No Boredom (or yacht clubs) as Singapore High Court confirms NFTs are property
In a ground-breaking judgment, the Singapore High Court confirmed that NFTs have attributes of property, and the Court has jurisdiction...