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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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Pay me in stables! Bullish bags $1.15b in stablecoins from IPO proceeds
Bullish, the institutional focused cryptocurrency exchange backed by Peter Thiel based in the Cayman Islands, has received US $1.15...
Aug 212 min read


On the chopping block: 100 DCE registrations slated for cancellation
In a press release issued last week, AUSTRAC announced a campaign to target cancellation of remittance registrations following its “use...
Aug 142 min read


Doh! Kwon admits Terra/Luna was not self healing
The founder of the algorithmic stablecoin project Terra ( UST ), Do Kwon, has pled guilty to fraud charges in New York after a lengthy...
Aug 143 min read


Smoother waters ahead as SEC officially ends Ripple rift?
Ripple's long running saga at the hands of the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has finally come to a close. The case first...
Aug 132 min read


Guilty Verdict Generates DeFi Developer Despair: Is Storm's Split Verdict a Forecast of Coding Chill?
The closely followed verdict in the criminal prosecution of Roman Storm, Tornado Cash's founder, has finally been handed down. This...
Aug 73 min read


Darting from the blocks, the CFTC's crypto sprint begins
Last week, Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) Acting Chair Caroline Pham announced a “crypto sprint” to implement the...
Aug 73 min read


Staking Success: SEC's Sensible Stance Finally Stakes Out Clarity
The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has dropped some surprisingly sensible guidance on liquid staking that has the crypto world...
Aug 75 min read


SEC Chair charts course for Wall Street to go on-chain
The Securities and Exchanges Commission chair Paul Atkins today announced "Project Crypto" which is said to be the SEC's "North Star" in...
Aug 13 min read


Are you VASP-ready? Understanding your new AML/CTF obligations
The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024 (Cth) ( the Act ) passed on 29 November 2024, will usher in...
Jul 314 min read
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