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BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
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OFAC in a whirlwind trying to spin Tornado Cash case...
In August 2022, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control ( OFAC ) took the unprecedented step of sanctioning the smart...
19 hours ago3 min read


Aussie crypto regulation hope replaced by hops toward a better policy?
The Australian crypto industry has been staring down the barrel of a regulator firmly fixed on applying a licensing regime to exchanges...
5 days ago2 min read

TradFi embraces Stablecoins as banks and fintechs eye new gold rush
Bitcoins: Not at all stable. Stablecoins, a type of crypto assets that maintain (or purport to maintain) a stable value to fiat...
5 days ago3 min read

Mt. Gox creditors face tax minefield as billion dollar payouts loom
Mt. Gox, once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, collapsed in 2014 after a massive hack resulted in the loss of around 650,000 BTC...
5 days ago3 min read


Chance or skill? Robinhood launches prediction markets hub
Trading platform Robinhood has launched a prediction markets hub within its app, allowing users to trade on event outcomes , including...
6 days ago2 min read

Bitcoin ATMs in the UK face a regulatory Dalek... with no Doctor in sight.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA ), which is responsible for anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing and financial...
Mar 133 min read


The art of the deal: US regulatory pivot continues as CFTC offers settlements
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) has introduced a new initiative aimed at expediting the resolution of investigations...
Mar 132 min read

A bit more coin in a US strategic crypto reserve?
Fulfilling a campaign promise, US President Trump issued an Executive Order establishing a US strategic reserve of bitcoin as well as a...
Mar 82 min read

"ASPIRE" for a crypto future - Hong Kong issues regulatory roadmap for virtual assets
Alongside the Consensus Web3 conference in Hong Kong (where our own contributor Michael Bacina spoke ), the city's regulator unveiled a...
Mar 73 min read
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