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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–tZERO, a leader in blockchain innovation and liquidity for digital assets, announced today that trading of digital securities representing equity in the Spot @ Myra Park, a real...
Andrew Bull & Tyler Harttraft proudly worked with the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology to publish the following report on the state of the SEC’s enforcement against digital assets. Use...
Decentralized finance projects are disrupting the finance industry by offering consumers the prospect of market-beating returns.  De-Fi software enables peer-to-peer lending of digital assets executed through smart contracts. Unlike traditional...
Effective April 27, 2021, the SEC issued a statement on the Custody of Digital Asset Securities by Special Purpose Broker-Dealers and outlined the steps broker-dealers of digital asset securities must...
The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) recently released a publication titled, “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” (“Framework”). The Framework discusses emerging threats and challenges associated with cryptocurrencies. Formed in 2018, the...
Payment company PayPal recently announced customers can buy, sell and hold Bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies through the company’s online wallets. PayPal, which has secured the first “conditional” cryptocurrency...
Throughout 2019, @Bull Blockchain Law was the U.S. law firm contributor to the European Commission‘s study on #blockchain and #cryptocurrency.  Tyler Harttraft and myself are proud to finally share the...
National Banks now have clear guidance on how to custody cryptocurrencies for its customers, paving the way for broader adoption of digital assets.  The Office of the Comptroller published Interpretive...
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently published a proposal for reforming its licensing framework for virtual currency businesses to operate in New York.  Commonly known as...
In 2016, Bitnomial Exchange, LLC filed an application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate an exchange, formally known as a Designated Contract Market (DCM), for deliverable...
What happened? After receiving substantial pushback from U.S. and international regulators, Facebook is seeking to rebrand, recalibrate, and relaunch its digital currency project, Libra.  Renaming the wallet development Division to...
On March 24, 2020, Judge Castel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order granting the SEC’s motion to enjoin Telegram Group,...