Crypto and Laws

• Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says the Visas of the world could be ‘long term winners’ in crypto

  8-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 246

  Tom Lee, Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisor, thinks Visa could be a "long term winner" in the digital asset world....

• UK financial watchdog ramps up crypto company inquiries

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 258

  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, has conducted 87 inquiries into cryptocurrency...

• Crypto clearinghouse partners with OTC desks to minimize default risk in crypto trading

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 335

  A cryptocurrency settlement solution provider now enables over-the-counter (OTC)desks to avoid the responsibility of cryptocurrency custody while...

• Brazil: Insurance on Demand Authorized by Federal Agency Responsible for Control of Insurance Market

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 183

  (Oct. 7, 2019) On August 26, 2019, Brazil’s Superintendence of Private Insurance (Superintendência de Seguro Privado, SUSEP), issued...

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• Russian Federation: Government Shortens List of Professions in Which Women’s Employment Is Restricted

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 303

  (Oct. 7, 2019) On July 18, 2019, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation issued an order shortening the list of...

• Y Combinator, Bitmain, Polychain invest over $10M in blockchain network NuCypher ahead of its mainnet launch

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 358

  NuCypher, a blockchain network that brings data privacy to decentralized applications (dApps) built on Ethereum and other public blockchains, has...

• Hong Kong SFC issues regulations for crypto fund managers

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 236

  On 4 October, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) released a detailed document , outlining new regulations for crypto...

• Crypto micropayment service TipJar shutting down, citing low usage

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 253

  TipJar, a cryptocurrency micropayment service built on the Ethereum blockchain network, is shutting down. A TipJar developer announced the...

• Abu Dhabi to put land records on blockchain

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 339

  Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is set to put its land registry on a blockchain platform. The Department of...

• Backer behind Overstock-funded company says it’s going under in tell-all blog

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 273

  An Overstock-backed firm has shut down, according to one of its largest shareholders. But the company’s executives have been assuring agitated...

• Cryptocurrency donations can fund election campaigns in Japan

  7-10-2019 Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 234

  A popular Japanese news house Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Saturday that it is entirely legal for politicians to use cryptocurrency donations...

• Defendant’s sizable bitcoin transactions cited in drug defendant’s bail denial order

  6-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 310

  US v. Le, Cr. №19–10199-RWZ ( D. Mass . filed Sept. 24, 2019) [NMR] Link to order This is an order on a motion challenging the...

• Bitcoin mining contract stays in federal court after motion to dismiss is mostly denied

  6-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 387

  Columbia River Techs. 1, LLC v. Blackhawk Grp. LLC, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169939 (W.D. Wisc. 2019) [SDP] This new federal court opinion comes...

• Tom Lee on the main hurdles preventing institutional investors from getting into bitcoin

  5-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 314

  In this week's episode of The Scoop , Tom Lee, Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisor, tells The Block about the...

• Bitcoin isn’t a security according to SEC staff

  5-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 287

  Bitcoin isn't as security, according to an October 1, 2019 letter from the SEC's Division of Investment Management staff .   Cipher...

• Tether and Bitfinex decry expected “meritless and mercenary” cryptocurrency market manipulation lawsuit

  5-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 303

  Tether claimed in a company post today   that the firm expects a self-described "meritless and mercenary lawsuit" based on a study that states,...

• Ban on cryptocurrency derivatives imminent: Economist

  5-10-2019 Crypto and Laws Cryptopolitan 214

  Recently published, The Economist article argues that a ban on cryptocurrency derivatives seems imminent. The piece furthers that the...

• Coinbase is in talks to acquire a peer-to-peer rental startup – report

  5-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 341

  Coinbase is in early talks to acquire rental startup Omni, according to report by TechCrunch.  The cryptocurrency exchange plans to acquire...

• Schrödinger’s Bitlicense: in California, crypto license rules are murky, but a bill may change that

  5-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 339

  Do California state regulators permit cryptocurrency-related businesses to operate? Depending who you ask, the answer may vary.  This...

• The Bible, SEC crypto enforcement, and the Buttonwood Agreement

  4-10-2019 Crypto and Laws TheBlockCrypto 335

  Fun fact — according to the interwebs the term “gnashing of teeth” appears no less than seven times in the New Testament. You can find an...