BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
SEC targets Gemini Earn
On 12 January 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged leading cryptocurrency firm Genesis Global Capital...
ASIC Chair briefs Parliament on FTX fallout
The Chairman of ASIC, Mr Joe Longo, appeared before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Institutions (the...
Kiwis consult on the future of money
New Zealand's central bank (the RBNZ) has launched a consultation on the future money focusing on the risks and opportunities posed by...
BlockFiles for Chapter 11
Embattled cryptocurrency lender BlockFi and eight of its affiliate entities have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under the...
ASIC sues Block Earner for alleged unlicensed conduct over crypto-asset based products
ASIC, the corporate regulator, has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against a crypto fintech company, Block Earner, for...
The Timeline of FTX's Collapse
The fall of FTX, a Bahamas based crypto exchange that was once the third largest in the world, was shocking and has been closely watched...
Hong Kong strives to regain Asia's crypto crown
At the opening of Hong Kong's flagship Fintech conference last month, the city's officials issued a policy statement on virtual assets,...
Binance pulls out of FTX acquisition, staff leave and websites go dark
Binance has pulled out of a proposed deal to acquire beleaguered crypto exchange FTX, announcing the move only 2 hours ago. FTX has...
FTX to be acquired by Binance
Today, a deal between FTX and Binance has been announced by Sam Bankman-Fried and Changpeng Zhao, who wrote on Twitter that Binance has...
Visa walking towards crypto wallet offering
In October payments giant Visa International Service Association (Visa), a subsidiary of Visa Inc., filed two trademark applications with...
Singapore consults on retail crypto and stablecoin regulations
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed new measures regulating cryptocurrency exchanges and retail crypto offerings as...
Coinbase wins Singapore licence approval
Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, announced on Monday that it has received in-principal approval for a Major...
True to Label? White House digital asset "framework" reports pile up
In March, the Biden White House issued an Executive Order requiring federal agencies to examine the risks and benefits of crypto-assets. ...