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Israel Securities Authority to Form Committee to Oversee and Regulate ICOs

Israel joins a growing number of nations in announcing plans to form a panel to regulate Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).

Investing in Cryptocurrencies as Securities: An Interview from a Legal Perspective

Digital currency practices have exploded in recent months, bringing to the forefront new regulations. This means VC investors looking to get a piece of...

SEC Weighs In on ICO Tokens as Securities; Ether Still Labeled “Currency”

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).

SEC Panelists on “Astonishing” But “Not Very Sexy” Blockchain: Achieving Network Effect Will Produce Winners

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is recognized as amazing to some and potentially valuable to many others in the financial services sector, according to various...

Funderbeam Launches Blockchain-Based Trading and Investment Platform for Startups

A year ago, Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and Funderbeam co-founder, Urmas Peiker, had a vision of a blockchain-trading platform designed for new startups looking...

The Securities Law Implications of the DAO Hack and Proposed Ethereum Hard Fork

The top five blockchain crowdsales bore out of the Bitcoin 2.0 movement have raised more than a quarter-of-a-billion dollars in “initial coin offerings,” “token...

A Legal Analysis of the DAO Exploit and Possible Investor Rights

Important Disclaimer: NOTHING HEREIN IS INTENDED TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS LEGAL ADVICE. CONSULT A LAWYER QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE IN YOUR JURISDICTION.News broke early...

European Securities and Markets Authority Issues Discussion Paper on Distributed Ledger Technology

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a discussion paper titled “The Distributed Ledger Technology Applied to Securities Markets” for a public...

Russia’s National Settlement Depository Successfully Tests Blockchain-Based E-Voting System

The National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has developed and successfully tested an e-proxy voting system running on a distributed ledger built...

Bank of England Official Discusses Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Deputy Governor of the Bank of England Ben Broadbent has spoken out on the implications of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the...
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