BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
Debate heats up over digital assets industry standards
CEO and co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has released a draft set of possible digital asset industry standards that could be enacted...
EU extends Russian sanctions on crypto wallets and custody
Last week, the European Union issued a new wave of sanctions against Russia extending its prohibition on providing crypto wallet, account...
US DoJ charges accomplices to Ethereum developer's North Korea sanctions scheme
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought charges against two European citizens alleging a conspiracy to violate US sanctions...
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...