BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
Alexander Vinnik reportedly being extradited to US
Alexander Vinnik - a Russian national accused of running BTC-e, a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange implicated in the MtGox...
Bankrupt crypto firm Voyager to return USD$270M in customer cash
Voyager Digital Holdings Inc, a cryptocurrency brokerage firm has received approval from a New York Bankruptcy court to return USD$270...
Tornado Cash: can Smart Contracts weather a sanction storm?
The US Treasury has announced it has sanctioned the collection of smart contracts known as Tornado Cash. In 2018, the Office of Foreign...
A reminder on digital asset protection: Solana and Nomad Bridge Hack
Nomad, a cryptocurrency bridge that lets users swap tokens between blockchains, and Solana, a leading blockchain and challenger to...
Gensler alludes to SEC's next moves in educational video on crypto exchanges
SEC Chair Gary Gensler has released an "educational" video on digital currency exchanges once again touting the "obvious" need to have...
Brazil Santander Bank plans to offer crypto-trading
Santander Bank has announced its plans to offer its Brazilian customers crypto trading services. According to a Folha De S.Paulo...
SEC investigating Coinbase for dealing in unregistered securities
Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) is probing Coinbase - a prominent...
Barclays sees potential gold in Copper Series-C
UK-based banking giant Barclays has reportedly invested millions into crypto custody firm Copper during its latest capital raise. Having...
GameStop launches NFT Marketplace
GameStop, the American video game retailer, has announced the launch of its NFT marketplace, GameStop NFT. Launching on Ethereum using a...
Reserve Bank Governor reserves crypto praise for stablecoins
At a G20 finance officials meeting on Sunday, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Dr Philip Lowe, made comments...
NFTs stolen in Phishing Attack on Uniswap v3
A group of hackers has pulled off a major phishing scam on a Uniswap v3 liquidity pool, making off with NFTs worth roughly US$3.56m in...
Celsius files for bankruptcy, under investigation
Embattled crypto lender, Celsius Network (Celsius), has filed for bankruptcy in New York. The filing follows a statement issued by the US...
Shanghai Govt launches $1.5B Metaverse Development Fund
The Shanghai Government has announced the launch of a US$1.5 billion Metaverse Development Fund as part of measures designed to boost its...
US Fed's Vice Chair pushes for crypto regulation
Speaking at the recent Bank of England Conference, the Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, Lael Brainard, has urged crypto regulation as a...