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New York DFS Announces New Guidance on Virtual Currencies

USA - September 21 2023 On September 18, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced new proposed guidance for BitLicense holders and certain…

SEC Brings First NFT Enforcement Case

USA - August 30 2023 On August 28, 2023, the SEC settled enforcement charges against a Los Angeles-based media and entertainment company for conducting an unregistered…

Federal Court Declines to Follow Ripple Holding

USA - August 2 2023 As we previously reported in our summary of the Ripple case, a federal district court judged determined that under certain circumstances the offering…

Court’s Ruling Splits Partly in Favor of SEC and Partly for Ripple

USA - July 14 2023 On July 13, 2023, the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the hotly anticipated ruling in the SEC’s case against…

CFTC Wins Default Judgment Against Ooki DAO

USA - June 20 2023 On June 8, 2023, Judge William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a default judgment in favor of…

CFTC Staff Issues Alert on Risks of Clearing Digital Assets

USA - June 12 2023 On May 30, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) issued a Staff Advisory (CFTC Letter No. 23-07) on the…

New York Attorney General Proposes Sweeping Crypto Legislation

USA - May 10 2023 On May 5, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James released proposed legislation that seeks to regulate all facets of the cryptocurrency…

SEC Steps up Oversight of Crypto Exchanges

USA - May 1 2023 On April 14, 2023, by a 3-2 party-line vote the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reopened the public comment period and provided…

Bank Turmoil Brings Increased Risk of Litigation and Investigations

USA - March 16 2023 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP continues to assist clients and monitor developments in the financial markets arising from the liquidity challenges and…

Proposed SEC Custody Rules for Crypto Assets

USA - February 23 2023 On February 15, 2023, by a 4-1 vote, the SEC proposed new rules regarding an investment adviser’s obligation to custody assets. Unlike the existing…