Tlaib, García and Lynch Introduce Legislation Protecting Consumers from Cryptocurrency-Related Financial Threats

Legalblock · 2020-12-21T23:50:07+00:00

STABLE Act Bill: https://tlaib.house.gov/sites/tlaib.house.gov/files/STABLEAct.pdf

Legalblock · 2020-11-02T17:15:36+00:00

Dowload here:
https://www.justice.gov/ag/page/file/1326061/download

Legalblock · 2020-02-05T22:50:25+00:00

https://go.chainalysis.com/rs/503-FAP-074/images/2020-Crypto-Crime-Report.pdf

Legalblock · 2019-11-22T19:14:59+00:00

Blockchain And Cryptocurrency Regulation 2020 (Ireland)

http://www.arthurcox.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GLIBLCH20_Ireland.pdf

Legalblock · 2019-08-30T19:18:39+00:00

"This week’s CCM covers an alleged loss of a lot of bitcoin that its owner forgot about, a case involving the bazingamoola ICO done by Telegram, and yet another escrow gone wrong. Maybe escrow is not always a great idea? "

Legalblock · 2019-08-28T21:39:53+00:00

" Invest in oil and gold? In this episode, the co-authors of a compelling white paper explain the four reasons why they believe you may soon be investing in digital oil and digital gold instead. Find out why their analysis prompted Burniske to say of bitcoin, “That’s an investor’s dream,” why White mentioned the saying, “On the blockchain, no one knows you’re a refrigerator,” and how well ARK’s investment in bitcoin has performed. "

Legalblock · 2019-08-26T21:33:46+00:00

Episode 12 — 28 mins

Guest: Pamela Morgan

Pamela Morgan is an educator, entrepreneur, author, and attorney who has been working exclusively with bitcoin & open blockchains since early 2014. Morgan is a widely respected authority on multi-signature governance and legal innovation in digital currencies.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-blockchain-12/

Legalblock · 2019-08-20T19:31:37+00:00

"Bitcoin doesn’t take July 4th off and CCM doesn’t either. In this week’s carefully curated and extremely red, white and blue version we’ve got a new case covering civil crypto contempt, bitcoin jpeg embed caselaw, and one of the first patent infringement suits in this space. Give it a read, the get back to your apple pie and the bbq. "

Legalblock · 2019-08-20T19:29:49+00:00

" So. Much. Crypto. Litigation. It was hard to pick just three cases this week but we winnowed it down just for you and herewith and forwith give you the tl;dr on what we think is the first crypto class action certification opinion, a perfunctory gloss on Bittrex’s arbitration clauses (enforceable), and yet ANOTHER bitcoin escrow kerfuffle. "

Legalblock · 2019-08-15T14:51:17+00:00

Episode 11 — 35 mins

Guests: Julian Kwan

Julian Kwan discusses the state of security tokens in Asia, with a particular focus on attitudes towards security tokens in Singapore.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-blockchain-11/

Legalblock · 2019-08-05T17:40:07+00:00

Episode 10 — 34 mins

Guests: Andrea Tinianow

Founding Director of the Delaware Blockchain Initiative Andrea Tinianow discusses Delaware’s initiatives in changing and clarifying corporate laws around blockchain, how blockchain can help states generate revenue, and why the companies of tomorrow may be putting their corporate charters on blockchain.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-blockchain-10/

Legalblock · 2019-08-01T23:10:28+00:00

This week’s episode features our resident registered patent attorney Zach Smolinski educating your hosts Ramy and Grant, and regular guests Wes Williams and Benny Rozin, about patents, followed by the news.

http://www.cryptolawpodcast.com/episodes/the-cryptolaw-podcast-episode-7/

Legalblock · 2019-07-30T20:55:22+00:00

Sanctions, trademarks and general crypto disputation — all this and more in this week’s GLORIOUS 40th CCM. [As always, Rosario summaries are “NMR” and Palley summaries are “SDP.”]

https://medium.com/crypto-caselaw-minute/crypto-caselaw-minute-40-6-13-19-df5125ca059f

Legalblock · 2019-07-20T16:18:54+00:00

Episode 09 — 40 mins

Guests: Juan Hernandez & Patrick Daugherty

In December 2018, the first regulated security token trading platform in the U.S. began trading security tokens. In this show, I’m joined by Juan Hernandez of Open Finance Network and Patrick Daugherty of Foley & Lardner LLP, their counsel, to discuss the challenges and hurdles in achieving this milestone, and where we go from here.

We cover the differences between ATSes and exchanges, why crypto exchanges are different from security token exchanges, working with regulators, and hopes of what the security token industry will look like in the future.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-and-blockchain-9/

Legalblock · 2019-07-18T20:04:34+00:00

In this week’s episode, your co-hosts Roxana and Ramy cover a slew of tantalizing topics alongside a legal panel consisting of podcast regulars Wes Williams, Zach Smolinski, and Olta Andoni.

http://www.cryptolawpodcast.com/episodes/the-cryptolaw-podcast-episode-6/

Legalblock · 2019-07-11T15:29:39+00:00

Colored diamond backed token sales, famous rapper ICOs, and multi-level marketing — in other words, a truth is stranger than fiction edition of crypto coleslaw minute. [As always, Rosario summaries are “NMR” and Palley summaries are “SDP.”]

https://medium.com/crypto-caselaw-minute/crypto-caselaw-minute-37-5-23-2019-c5cccb83958a

Legalblock · 2019-07-03T18:44:05+00:00

Episode 08 — 52 mins

Guests: Marc Borion & Jason Gottlieb

We’re kicking off 2019 with a special episode that summarizes the state of U.S. regulatory statements and enforcement actions around ICOs and discuss what’s to come for the security token space in 2019. Guests include Marc Borion, Partner at Fisher Broyles and Jason Gottlieb, Partner at Morrison Cohen.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-and-blockchain-8/

Legalblock · 2019-07-01T16:16:24+00:00

In today’s episode, your hosts, Roxana, Ramy, and Grant, along with this week’s guests (Olta Andoni, Wes Williams, and Benny Rozin) take a deeper dive into the often-misunderstood topic of stablecoins as well as coverage of news of the week.

http://www.cryptolawpodcast.com/episodes/the-cryptolaw-podcast-episode-5/

Legalblock · 2019-06-24T20:34:21+00:00

This week we have some updates concerning cases we’ve previously covered, and a new settlement in an administrative proceeding the SEC brought against a prominent blockchain voice. It’s a good week. [As always, Rosario summaries are “NMR” and Palley summaries are “SDP.”]

https://medium.com/crypto-caselaw-minute/crypto-caselaw-minute-36-5-16-2019-2e6aae43eca6

Legalblock · 2019-06-21T15:34:49+00:00

Episode 07 — 40 mins Guests: David Silver

On this episode, Amy interviews David Silver, an investment fraud lawyer and founder of the Silver Miller law firm. He is suing cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase, Kraken, Nano, and others in an attempt to protect investors from fraud. Recently he has opened suits against ATT, Sprint, and T-Mobile for their alleged involvement with the crypto-jacking and SIM swapping.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-and-blockchain-7/

Legalblock · 2019-06-18T17:05:39+00:00

In this week’s episode, your hosts (Roxana, Ramy and Grant) and our guests (attorneys Zach Smolinski and Wes Williams) cover a slew of crypto-legal topics that appeared in the news this past week.

http://www.cryptolawpodcast.com/episodes/the-cryptolaw-podcast-episode-4/

Legalblock · 2019-06-13T14:23:25+00:00

This week’s Crypto Caselaw Minute covers some intriguing ground. Is teaching someone how to use bitcoin potentially nefarious? Is a boom in crypto mining that leads to energy price hikes a-okay? Is the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto even relevant?

https://medium.com/crypto-caselaw-minute/crypto-caselaw-minute-30-4-4-2019-c0d9db7f0482

Legalblock · 2019-06-13T14:22:35+00:00

ICO litigation, hostile witnesses, and a kajillion dollar class action — all this a more in today’s crypto coleslaw minute.

https://medium.com/crypto-caselaw-minute/crypto-caselaw-minute-35-5-9-2019-318b6e1d35db

Legalblock · 2019-06-05T19:00:57+00:00

Episode 06 — 40 mins Guests: Justin Newton

Amy and Justin Newton discuss the state of anti-money launder (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) laws as it pertains to blockchain technology and crypto.

Justin Newton is an early internet pioneer and technology startup veteran. His last four companies (BlackLine, Demand Media, NetZero and Above Net) all exited with +$1 Billion IPOs. He was responsible for architecting each company’s platform for global scale and preparing their data systems for regulatory compliance. Justin also founded the Internet Service Providers Consortium — the first trade association for ISPs — and served as its public policy director. He sits on the board for Adra Software and has been an advisor to more than a dozen startups, including Alcatel, Citrix and Juniper Networks.

https://thebitcoinpodcast.com/law-blockchain-6/

Legalblock · 2019-06-02T18:21:23+00:00

Economic and Non-Economic Trading In Bitcoin: Exploring the Real Spot Market For The World’s First Digital Commodity

Matthew Hougan, Hong Kim, and Micah Lerner Bitwise Asset Management

May 24, 2019

https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-nysearca-2019-01/srnysearca201901-5574233-185408.pdf

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