Burges Salmon LLP | United Kingdom | 27 May 2022
On 20 May 2022, Charles Randell, Chair of the FCA and PSR, delivered a speech touching on how the FCA will play its part on the Government's…
Baker McKenzie | European Union, OECD, United Kingdom | 27 May 2022
The UK and international tax landscape has never been quiet for fund and asset managers ("GPS") but a number of recent tax developments…
YPOG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB Schnittker + Partner | Germany | 27 May 2022
The Federal Ministry of Finance has published a circular on the income tax treatment of virtual currencies and crypto tokens. The circular provides the tax authorities with binding rules for all open tax assessments regarding the taxation of income from and in connection with virtual currencies and crypto tokens. It will significantly influence the development of blockchain-based business......
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Hong Kong, United Kingdom | 27 May 2022
In a recent English High Court decision, Tulip Trading Limited v Bitcoin Association for BSV [2022] EWHC 2 (Ch) and [2022] EWHC 141 (Ch), the Court…
Lexology PRO | USA | 26 May 2022
The United States’ Department of Commerce has asked whether the US regulatory landscape is impacting the global competitiveness of digital asset platforms, as practitioners say the forthcoming framework could affect “a number of new market actors”.
Ogier | British Virgin Islands | 26 May 2022
Chainswap Limited, a BVI incorporated company that provides for "cross-chain bridging" (the process of synthetically transferring cryptocurrency tokens between different blockchains), was recently hacked on at least one occasion. In the process, the hackers managed to steal a number of tokens from cryptocurrency "wallets". In an attempt to recoup the stolen assets and to repair its......
Stephenson Harwood LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 26 May 2022
In its recent judgment on the scope of the Quincecare duty, the Court of Appeal held that it was not limited to situations where the bank is…
World Trademark Review | Global | 26 May 2022
When a complainant initiates a UDRP procedure against a domain name that contains a generic or dictionary term, it is easy to assume that the…
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | USA | 26 May 2022
Those purchasers have now filed a class action lawsuit in California federal court against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and GMO Trust, the issuer…
Moulis Legal | Australia | 26 May 2022
Blockchain technology (aka “distributed ledger technology”, aka “DLT”) is a game-changer, with implications for all aspects of society and commerce…