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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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Access all areas? Unpacking the lessons earned from the Block Earner v ASIC judgment
The judgment in ASIC v Web3 Ventures Pty Ltd (trading as Block Earner) was released today and has been greatly anticipated. The matter...
Feb 9, 20244 min read


Call your lawyer! Sim swapping FTX hackers prosecuted
Prosecutors in the United States have charged three individuals with coordinating and executing a hack which saw over USD$400 million...
Feb 8, 20242 min read


Future proof: Regulating DeFi as Critical Infrastructure
The rise of decentralised finance (DeFi), based on smart contract and peer to peer technologies, has highlighted reliance on existing...
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Satoshi Naka-who? UK High Court to determine who is Wright
The trial to determine whether Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto,...
Feb 8, 20242 min read


AI deepfakes challenge KYC and internal controls
From Barack Obama calling Donald Trump a "complete dipshit", Mark Zuckerberg bragging about having "total control of billions of people's...
Feb 8, 20242 min read


Number go up: FTX and Celsius recoveries buoyed by crypto markets
Creditors of the defunct crypto exchanges, FTX Trading Ltd and Celsius Network, finally saw some light at the end of the tunnel this week...
Feb 2, 20243 min read


Full Court press: Judge quizzes SEC in Binance case
In last week's summary judgment hearing in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) versus Binance, the judge posed a simple yet...
Feb 1, 20243 min read


Japan serves up Web3 friendly policies
Lawmakers from Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party are hard at work developing a range of policies aimed specifically at...
Feb 1, 20242 min read


Australia sanctions Medibank attacker in first use of cyber powers
In a coordinated action with the US and UK governments, Australia has imposed targeted financial sanctions on Aleksandr Ermakov, a...
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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