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BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina
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May 16, 20242 min read
Kraken wrestles SEC over regulatory waterline
Global crypto exchange Kraken has pushed back in litigation with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which alleges Kraken...
May 15, 20244 min read
Digital Dollars Down Under - Unpacking Australia's Budget Allocation for Crypto, Finance Regulation and Tech Innovation
The Australian Federal Budget for FY24-25 was announced last night with broad changes across key areas and new funding allocation for...
May 13, 20243 min read
Sheriff of Wall St issues Wells Notice to Robinhood
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued another Wells Notice, this time to the crypto unit of the brokerage firm...
May 10, 20242 min read
ScamWatch report shows 10% fall in scams in the past year in Australia
The second annual report on scams by the National Anti-Scam Centre revealed that in 2023, Australians lodged over 601,000 scam reports,...
May 8, 20242 min read
The Long Shadow of Mt Gox - Alexander Vinnik pleads guilty to money-laundering
The long running saga of the Mt Gox collapse has taken another turn with BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik pleading guilty to charges of...
May 8, 20243 min read
FTX to make customers whole under new plan of reorganisation
The creditors of defunct crypto exchange FTX will be (somewhat) buoyed by news that their claims will be paid out in full, along with...
May 7, 20242 min read
Render unto Caesar: Roger Ver faces tax reckoning
The United States has charged Roger Ver, an early investor in bitcoin (BTC), with a string of alleged financial sins. Ver, who once...
May 6, 20244 min read
Federal Court's decision flips Qoin but clarifies the regulatory perimeter
After first commencing a civil action against BPS Financial Pty Ltd (BPS) in October 2022, ASIC has won a key liability hearing in the...
May 3, 20242 min read
Philippines KOs offshore exchanges
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has ordered tech giants Apple and Google to remove the Binance app from...
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