BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
State Street on the road to tokenisation
State Street, one of the world's largest asset management and custody firms, has announced plans to work towards tokenising funds and...
UK Law Commission recommends recognition of digital assets as property
In a consultation paper issued last week, the Law Commission of England and Wales (the Commission) recommended that the British...
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...
U.S Treasury releases framework for responsible development of digital asset regulation
The United States Treasury has issued a framework on crypto-assets designed to assist US government agencies to work with foreign...
Celsius freezes withdrawals, swaps and transfers
Celsius, a US based cryptocurrency exchange and lender, suspended all withdrawals, swaps and transfers between accounts on Monday, 13...
A step closer for crypto-asset ETPs and investment products
As an end of financial year gift, ASIC released Consultation Paper 343: Crypto-assets as underlying assets for ETPs and other investment...