Bitfinex, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, has hired Steptoe & Johnson, a heavy-hitting, international law firm based in Washington, D.C., to try to...
Increasing improvements to blockchain technology — which allows for the transfer of ownership without the use of a centralized third party (such as a...
Two months ago, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (“USAO”),...
Canada’s securities regulators released a guidance document that explains their approach to ICOs and token sales. Here is what this notice means and what it doesn’t.
Lost in the headlines over the SEC’s recent report on cryptocurrency was important practical advice for both promoters of and participants in initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Digital currency practices have exploded in recent months, bringing to the forefront new regulations. This means VC investors looking to get a piece of...
It was only a matter of time before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved in on the “Wild West” world of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are where cryptographic computing and federal securities laws collide. As investors lacking the technical expertise of early market entrants throw...
