BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
Chainalysis release free Russian sanction scanning tools
With moral panic emerging from Washington DC and the media over the potential for Russia to use crypto to bypass sanctions, crypto...
Afghans turn to crypto in light of Western sanctions
A trend is emerging that citizens of countries subject to sanctions in response to regional conflicts are turning to cryptocurrencies to...
Russia racing to sidestep sanctions with crafty crypto usage?
While the US Congress and media whip up headlines to sell newspapers (or get clicks) by talking up the "possible risks" of Russia...
Virginia, USA, allows banks to offer crypto custody
The Senate of the US state of Virginia has introduced, and approved an amendment to, a new Bill that allows traditional banks operating...
Crypto during a crisis - Ukraine collects funds in BTC, ETH and other coins
The Ukrainian Government has announced that it will be accepting cryptocurrency donations to assist with the Russian-Ukrainian conflict....
Rouble/crypto transactions soar following sanctions hitting Russia
The volume of trades involving Rouble and Tether (as well as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies) have skyrocketed in the past few days,...
Critical bug in Coinbase reported and fixed
A security engineer under the user name 'Tree of Alpha' has been paid USD$250,000 as a 'bug bounty' for locating a frighteningly simple...
FBI Forms Crack Team to Target Crypto Crime
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced that it is launching a new team dedicated to blockchain analysis,...
Show me the ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ crypto! Colorado announces it will accept Bitcoin for tax payments
In a recent interview with CNBC, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signalled Colorado’s intention to accept crypto-assets for payment of...
Crypto businesses make a blitz play: Ranking the Superbowl LVI crypto advertisements
It's a long held tradition - businesses paying an obscene amount of capital to get a mere few seconds of airtime during the big dance -...
How the stables have turned: US Bill seeks to mandate 100% cash reserves for stablecoins
A new bill recently tabled to U.S. Congress has sought to provide much needed legislative clarification on stablecoins. Briefly,...
Russia warms up to crypto - agrees to treat crypto as currency
The government and bank of Russia are hard at work drafting a new law which will define crypto as an “analogue of currencies” , set to be...
KPMG Canada Collects Crypto in Treasury
As a first direct investment in cryptoassets, KPMG in Canada has allocated an investment in cryptoassets to its corporate treasury. The...
SEC attempts to cast its net too wide to include Automatic Market Makers into exchange definitions
The SEC has published a proposal to amend alternative trading systems regulation, followed fast-behind by an exacting dissent from...
Citizen Blockchain: The ‘Rosebud’ of NFTs up for sale in CityDAO
Decentralised autonomous organisations – or DAOs – are continually evolving our understanding of the interaction between physical and...
DAO Regulation Roundtable
A who's who of Australian crypto and blockchain talent assembled this week at the invitation of Senator Andrew Bragg, to discuss how a...
LeBron James jamming blockchain knowledge out to the next generation
NBA mega-star LeBron James has teamed up with Crypto.com to teach children about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The...