08 Nov, 2022 An SEC Win - US District Court Judge Rules LBRY’s LBC Token a Security By Cory Flashner Ed Daley In a significant victory for the SEC, US District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro granted summary judgment to the SEC in what is the first...
11 Oct, 2022 Lawsuit Challenging Taxation of Cryptocurrency Tokens Generated Through Staking Dismissed as Moot By Ed Daley The early dismissal of a federal lawsuit that could have resolved whether certain cryptocurrency tokens can be taxed as federal income...
04 Oct, 2022 Keeping Up With Kim Kardashian’s Crypto – SEC Fines Kardashian $1.26 Million For Undisclosed Crypto Promotion By Ed Daley Cory Flashner Kim Kardashian, the reality television personality, social media star, and entrepreneur has agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle the...
19 Aug, 2022 Fed Provides Crypto Guidance – Or Is At Least Willing To “Talk Crypto” By Ed Daley Cory Flashner This week the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) issued guidance telling all banking organizations that it supervises (“Supervised Banks”) what...
12 Aug, 2022 Ohio State Board of Professional Conduct Says Lawyers Can Hold Crypto in Escrow By Ed Daley Get those cold storage crypto wallets ready, Ohio lawyers! The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct issued an advisory opinion allowing...
05 Aug, 2022 Forbes reports that Every U.S. Crypto Exchange is being Investigated by the SEC By Cory Flashner Forbes reported today that “every” U.S. crypto exchange is being investigated by the SEC. Forbes cited to an unnamed staffer for Senator...
04 Aug, 2022 Senate Bill Defines Bitcoin, Ether as Digital Commodities to be Regulated By CFTC By Ed Daley Following the announcement DOJ/SEC enforcement actions alleged insider trading against a former Coinbase employee, many cried foul at the...
02 Aug, 2022 Cryptocurrency - Compliance Matters By Ed Daley July was a hot month for crypto enforcement, but August is off to a hot start in its own right. On August 2, 2022, the New York State...
27 Jul, 2022 The "Other Shoe Drops" - SEC Investigating Coinbase By Cory Flashner In separate cases last week the DOJ and the SEC charged a former Coinbase employee and two other individuals with wire fraud (DOJ) and...
06 Jul, 2022 The time is now to get acquainted with the issues concerning the future of money and digital assets By Michelle Capezza The future of money and digital assets is a vast topic that presents numerous challenges, and it has even caused debate as to whether...
03 May, 2022 Crypto is . . . Everywhere . . . and the SEC and other Regulators Are Sprinting to Keep Up By Cory Flashner Crypto seems to be everywhere these days. Just last week Fidelity Investments launched a bitcoin option for its 401(k) plans. The...
09 Feb, 2021 What Does Rapid Normalization of DeFi Mean for Cross-Border Asset Recovery Efforts? By Daniel T. Pascucci Increasing speculation that Tesla's adoption of Bitcoin is just the tip of the iceberg underscores the rapid pace of change in crypto and...