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3 days ago
2 min

The State of Staking: Seeking certainty in proof-of-stake tax

US Congressional Blockchain Caucus’ co-chairs have written to the IRS expressing concern about the tax treatment of staking

3 days ago
3 min

Is Bitcoin beginning to broach the boundaries of money in Australia?

Could a recent Australian decision, as well as a similar US decision, provide further support to digital currencies being treated as money?

Jul 27
2 min

US Congress hot and cold on digital assets, but considers Digital Dollar

A US Senate subcommittee has once again raised the possibility of a digital US dollar, as a means to maintain the dollar's supremacy

Jul 27
2 min

Visa vaunts vison of digital currency strategy

Visa recently released details of its digital currency strategy, which emphasise Visa's partnership program and contributions to date

Jul 9
1 min

Centre blacklists a digital wallet at law enforcement request

CENTRE has blacklisted an Ether address with $100,000 in what seems to be one of the first interventions requested by law enforcement

Jul 9
3 min

FATF reports on 'so called stablecoins'

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released a report on stablecoins, finding that stablecoins are covered by the FATF Standards

Jul 3
3 min

Bank of Canada releases comprehensive CBDC analysis

Bank of Canada has released a set of staff analytical notes on the design, security, privacy and use of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Jun 30
1 min

Distributed ledger technology on the agenda for CFTC

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is to hold a public meeting to discuss Distributed Ledger Technology.

Jun 16
1 min

CBDC development prioritised post COVID says BIS

Head of the Innovation Hub at the Bank for International Settlements confirms COVID causing reprioritisation of CBDC development

Jun 14
2 min

A return to the Wood Standard? local currencies and covid

A small town in Washington is returning to the "wood standard" in issuing it's own currency to combat covid-19 related economic issues

Jun 5
1 min

Banque de France finishes first CBDC test

The Bank of France has announced the successful completion of a central bank digital currency test.

May 15
1 min

Libra larger with 3 new members

The Libra Association has added its first sovereign wealth fund as a member

May 8
1 min

Libra Association appoints first CEO, Stuart Levey

The Libra Association has announced the appointment of Stuart Levey as its first CEO, commencing later this year

May 1
2 min

R3 publishes CBDC white paper amidst growing interest in CBDC

Enterprise blockchain software consortium R3 has published a white paper discussing the growing interest in Central Bank Digital Currencies

Apr 30
3 min

The Marshall Island's Central Bank Digital Currency, powered by Algorand

The Marshall Island's SOV digital currency is an exciting experiment those interested in Central Bank Digital Currencies should watch...

Apr 20
1 min

Agricultural Bank of China championing a Central Bank Digital Yuan

The Agricultural Bank of China is testing the early user interface for China's Central Bank Digital Currency, with screenshots leaked

Apr 20
2 min

Libra's licence application left with FINMA

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has confirmed that it has received an application from the Libra Association

Apr 20
2 min

Libra Association amends whitepaper: controversial changes or sensible simplification?

The Libra Association has today published an amended white paper, detailing fundamental changes to the structure of the Libra project

Apr 16
1 min

First-ever Islamic cross-border transaction using blockchain

The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has become the first Islamic bank to execute a cross-border finance distribution transaction using blockchain.

Mar 26
1 min

Piper Alderman publishes comprehensive 'Cryptoassets and Blockchain Australia 2020' guide

Piper Alderman has authored the Australian chapter of Getting the Deal Through – Cryptoassets and Blockchain 2020, published by Lexology.

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BITS OF BLOCKS

BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION

Michael Bacina, Partner

Piper Alderman Lawyers