USA
- June 17 2022
Washington based think tank Coin Center has brought a lawsuit against, among others, the United Sates Treasury Department and Internal Revenue…
USA
- June 15 2022
Last month we wrote about the U.S. Department of Commerce entering the cryptocurrency fray by publishing in the Federal Register a Request for…
USA
- May 23 2022
We have written often about the efforts of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (here and here) and Commodity Futures Trading…
Australia
- May 18 2022
On May 16, 2022, the Australian Tax Office issued a publication that identified four key focus areas for the 2021-22 tax year. These four are areas…
USA
- May 12 2022
BitMEX is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platforms. Last year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…
USA
- May 9 2022
For those who have followed for some time the law that has developed around blockchain, there is a strong likelihood they associate the term DAO…
European Union
- May 2 2022
On April 25, 2022, European Central Bank Executive Board member Fabio Panetta delivered a speech at Columbia University in New York in which he was…
Africa
- April 27 2022
On April 27, 2022, lawmakers in the Central African Republic unanimously approved legislation that made Bitcoin legal tender. Bitcoin can now be…
Australia
- April 19 2022
We have written often about how the US SEC has, to date, refused to authorize a spot Bitcoin exchange traded fund (click here), while other countries…
USA
- April 12 2022
On April 7, 2022, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a Financial Institution Letter (“FIL”) requiring that all…