Alan K. MacDonald
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Articles
DOJ Announces First Insider Trading Charges Involving Non-Fungible Tokens
USA - June 8 2022 On June 1, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of a former product manager of a digital asset trading platform for wire…
Binance Decision Clarifies Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws to Digital Asset Transactions
USA - April 19 2022 On March 31, 2022, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed claims brought by U.S. residents trading on the…
At Last! - SEC Proposes Safe Harbors for Compensating Finders in Raising Capital
USA - November 23 2020 On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposal that would allow finders to be compensated for assisting…
SEC Eases Rules for Crowdfunding to Assist COVID-19 Recovery
USA - May 13 2020 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued temporary final rules on May 4, 2020 relaxing certain requirements of Regulation…
Cryptocurrency or a Security? Only the Jury Knows for Sure
USA - September 12 2018 As anyone launching an initial coin offering (ICO), token-generation event or whatever else they want to call it knows well—whether a token offering…
