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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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Sep 9, 20222 min read
Some Celsius crypto to go to custody customers?
Embattled cryptocurrency business, Celsius Network, presently under bankruptcy protection in the US, is seeking court approval in New...
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 7, 20222 min read
US and Korea to collaborate on Terra/Luna investigations
Representatives of the US and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) have agreed to collaborate and share investigation data regarding...
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Hong Kong to licence VASPs and regulate market conduct
After a public consultation completed last year, the Hong Kong Government has gazetted draft legislation which is expected to implement a...
Jun 24, 20221 min read
Ontario fines Bybit, bars Kucoin for selling unregistered securities
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has secured fines against two cryptocurrency exchanges, Bybit and KuCoin. The OSC alleges that...
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Celsius freezes withdrawals, swaps and transfers
Celsius, a US based cryptocurrency exchange and lender, suspended all withdrawals, swaps and transfers between accounts on Monday, 13...
Feb 2, 20222 min read
LeBron James jamming blockchain knowledge out to the next generation
NBA mega-star LeBron James has teamed up with Crypto.com to teach children about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The...
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Australian Senate Crypto Report - Recommendation 1: Licensing for DCEs
The long awaited Report into Australia as a Financial and Technology Centre provides supportive policy towards a range of digital asset...
Oct 19, 20212 min read
SEC approves Bitcoin synthetic ETF
The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has granted approval for the operation of a Bitcoin-linked Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). The...
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...
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Australian Digital Currency Exchanges take flight with overseas licensing!
Two of Australia's largest cryptocurrency exchanges have been granted regulatory licences overseas. Independent Reserve was approved by...
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Freezing order made against Blockchain Global in $10.3M ACX exchange case
After a 2 year waiting game, customers of the ACX exchange have secured an order in the Supreme court of Victoria to freeze assets of...
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Unnamed employee sprung stealing from liquidated exchange Cryptopia
An unnamed Christchurch man has recently pleaded guilty to stealing over NZ$250,000 worth of digital currency from digital currency...
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