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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
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SEC Taskforce receives Ten Commandments for crypto regulation
The Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force has set forth a set of key priorities or "crypto...
Feb 133 min read


TL;DR: Australia implements sweeping reforms to AML/CTF rules
In November 2024, the Australian Parliament passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024 ( the...
Feb 66 min read


El Savador bids adios to bitcoin legal tender experiment
After making waves in 2021 as the first country to recognise bitcoin as legal tender (meaning that citizens would be forced under law to...
Feb 42 min read


Tokenise securities, and give to the poor, says Robinhood CEO
The ability to tokenise securities and open a path for retail investors to invest in private companies is something that has been...
Jan 303 min read


Executive Ordering: How does Trump's Executive Order line up to Biden's similar order?
Newly minted President Trump issued a whopping 20 executive orders on his inauguration day, more than any other President, and following...
Jan 303 min read


Memecoin Mayhem: Trump's $TRUMP Token Turmoil
President Donald Trump has launched his latest foray into crypto-assets with the $TRUMP token, a memecoin built on the Solana blockchain....
Jan 304 min read


Hot pursuit of cold cash: Celsius serving clawback actions in Australia
The latest episode in the Celsius bankruptcy saga is just in : the Litigation Administrator of the defunct crypto exchange has begun...
Jan 232 min read


To Dystopia and back as Cryptopia returns $400m in crypto to creditors
The long running liquidation of the defunct New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has reached a pivotal milestone. Liquidators...
Jan 222 min read


SEC announces Crypto 2.0 taskforce
The new Trump administration has made a series of dramatic policy announcements and changes across a wide range of areas. For the...
Jan 222 min read
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