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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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Pure GENIUS? America just gave stablecoins a rulebook
On 18 July 2025, President Trump signed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act ( GENIUS Act ) into law,...
Jul 244 min read


Welcome to the meme economy: Pump pumps, Pepe hops and Binance apes in
Binance has announced the launch of its own memecoin launchpad offering users a new way to participate in early token offerings through...
Jul 174 min read


Fly me to the moon: Emirates to integrate crypto payments
Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Crypto.com that will allow customers to make payments through Crypto.com Pay, the...
Jul 172 min read


Shaping the future: Abu Dhabi and Dubai compete to ride tokenisation wave
In a first for the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ), the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange ( ADX ) has announced the launch of a...
Jul 153 min read


Software developer liability on trial as Tornado Cash prosecution continues
The criminal trial of one of the developers of Tornado Cash, a crypto asset privacy protocol which enabled users to obfuscate the source...
Jul 113 min read


Trace and trap: VicPolice secure convictions in crypto laundering bust
The Victoria Police and Department of Public Prosecutions has secured convictions against two individuals involved in a money laundering...
Jul 112 min read


RBA and DFCRC announce use cases for tokenised asset settlement project
On 10 July 2025, the Reserve Bank of Australia ( RBA ) and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre ( DFCRC ) announced the...
Jul 113 min read


FATF calls for stronger AML action on virtual assets
On 26 June 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released its sixth update  on how countries are applying anti-money laundering...
Jul 42 min read


Et voila! Robinhood to tokenise Stocks and ETFs in EU
At the Ethereum Community Conference ( ECC ) in Cannes, France, Robinhood announced the launch of over 200 "tokenised" stocks and ETFs...
Jul 43 min read
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