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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Nov 17, 20221 min read
JP Morgan completes on-chain pilot of government bond transfers
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the first industry pilot under Project Guardian, an MAS initiative which seeks to...
Nov 9, 20223 min read
Sep 1, 20222 min read
Tether loan to Celsius could be tested by crypto creditors
The application of insolvency principles to digital assets has come under speculation after stablecoin issuer Tether recovered a USD$840...
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...
Jul 29, 20222 min read
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 15, 20221 min read
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 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...
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Cashing in on the 'ECASH' bill: US Bill signals move to digital dollar
Lawmakers in US Congress have tabled a new Bill - the Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act (ECASH) - that if passed, would direct...
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Chainalysis release free Russian sanction scanning tools
With moral panic emerging from Washington DC and the media over the potential for Russia to use crypto to bypass sanctions, crypto...
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Virginia, USA, allows banks to offer crypto custody
The Senate of the US state of Virginia has introduced, and approved an amendment to, a new Bill that allows traditional banks operating...
Feb 24, 20222 min read
Critical bug in Coinbase reported and fixed
A security engineer under the user name 'Tree of Alpha' has been paid USD$250,000 as a 'bug bounty' for locating a frighteningly simple...
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Show me the ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ crypto! Colorado announces it will accept Bitcoin for tax payments
In a recent interview with CNBC, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signalled Colorado’s intention to accept crypto-assets for payment of...
Feb 18, 20222 min read
How the stables have turned: US Bill seeks to mandate 100% cash reserves for stablecoins
A new bill recently tabled to U.S. Congress has sought to provide much needed legislative clarification on stablecoins. Briefly,...
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Coinbase announces data breach of 6,000 accounts
United States listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase suffered a hacking attack that impacted (and stole digital currency from) at least...
Sep 28, 20212 min read
Ransomware on the run? Russian digital currency exchange tracked and sanctioned for enabling crime
Over the Counter digital currency exchange, Suex, has the dubious honour of being the first of its kind to be sanctioned by the US...
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Cash Remains Preferred Currency For Criminals
There has been endless speculation surrounding the safety and legitimacy of cryptocurrencies in recent years, with particular emphasis on...
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Arrrrrg-us: Microsoft Proposes New Anti-Pirate System
The incentive-based system relies on blockchain technology to protect intellectual property rights. Technology giant Microsoft have...
Jun 10, 20213 min read
Colonial Pipeline ransomware recovered
The Colonial Pipeline cyberattack was reportedly the largest cyber attack on the American energy system and caused multiple US states to...
Apr 16, 20211 min read
A peek under the rug: Ripple granted access to SEC records
Just a few months after Ripple returned fire in the SEC's lawsuit against them, the San Francisco-based crypto firm has now been given...
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