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FTX: An Explainer on What Happened and What’s Next?
USA - November 29 2022 Reports of FTX Group’s demise has been inescapable since news first broke of potential insolvency and misuse of customer funds. This blog post…
The Storm Is Here
USA - November 11 2022 With the collapse of FTX and Alameda so close on the heels of Celsius, one thing is clear - the regulatory and enforcement storm so many anticipated…
OECD Releases New Global Tax Reporting Framework for Cryptocurrency
Global, OECD - October 11 2022 On October 10, 2022, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) released its new global tax reporting standards for…
DFS’s First Enforcement Action Against a Blockchain Company: Lessons Learned
USA - August 29 2022 On August 1, Robinhood Crypto, LLC (RHC) entered a consent order with the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) requiring RHC to pay…
OFAC Designates Tornado Cash in First Action Against a Decentralized Platform
USA - August 9 2022 On August 8, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the imposition of sanctions on the…
SEC’s Insider Trading Complaint Places the Entire DeFi and Crypto Industry in a Bind
USA - August 2 2022 On July 21, 2022, the SEC filed insider trading charges in federal court against a former Coinbase product manager and two others for trading ahead…
Securities Law Implications of Lummis-Gillibrand Bill
USA - June 17 2022 On June 7, 2022, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA)…
New Bipartisan Senate Legislation Seeks to Address Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Tax Issues
USA - June 7 2022 On June 7, 2022, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA). This…
What US financial institutions need to know about FinCEN’s Russian sanctions evasion and ransomware guidance
Russia, USA - March 15 2022 On March 7, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the US Department of the Treasury published guidance (Guidance) for US…
Treasury Proposes Enhanced Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting
USA - May 21 2021 On May 20, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) released the American Families Plan Tax Compliance Agenda, a report detailing the…
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