Tag:crypto

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California is Seeking Industry Input on New Crypto Rules
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Singapore to Share Cryptocurrency Tax Information With Other Countries
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Australia: Licensing Comes to the Crypto Industry
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High-Level Summary: Solving Common Failures in NFT Licensing
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Crypto Platform Kraken Pays $30 Million and Ceases Staking Services to Settle SEC Charges
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UK Regulation of Cryptoassets – Another Glimpse but Still None the Wiser
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Federal Reserve Issues Policy Statement Limiting Crypto-Activities of State Member Banks
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DeFi Regulatory Alert: CFTC Files Its First Ever Oracle Manipulation Case
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MiCA is Here:  European Ground-breaking Rules for the Cryptocurrencies Market
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California’s Executive Order Embraces Crypto

California is Seeking Industry Input on New Crypto Rules

By: Jeremy McLaughlin and Josh Durham

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) is requesting comments on potential rules it will promulgate to implement the state’s recently-enacted Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), which establishes a formal licensing regime for digital asset service providers. Please review our client alert for a detailed analysis of the new law, which takes effect 1 July 2025.

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Singapore to Share Cryptocurrency Tax Information With Other Countries

By: Nicolet-Serra and Josh Durham

Singapore has just become the 48th nation (joining the US) to begin implementing the international Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), which is intended to standardize the automatic exchange of personal financial information between countries and to reduce tax evasion by those engaging in cryptocurrency transactions.

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Australia: Licensing Comes to the Crypto Industry

By Daniel Knight and Kithmin Ranamukhaarachchi

Yesterday the Australian Federal Government released its proposal paper on regulating the crypto industry (Paper). The government proposes to regulate exchanges, custodians and other digital asset service providers within the scope the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensing regime.

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High-Level Summary: Solving Common Failures in NFT Licensing

By Drew Hinkes, Elizabeth Thomsen, Josh Durham

As blockchain and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are still new technologies, their legal infrastructure is still developing, creating potential vulnerabilities. Three such vulnerabilities were exposed in our previous article, available here. We have now issued a follow-up Alert that explores solutions to such licensing failures.  This blog is a high-level summary;  the full alert can be found here.

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Crypto Platform Kraken Pays $30 Million and Ceases Staking Services to Settle SEC Charges

By Drew Hinkes, Carly Howard, and Judie Rinearson

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with the digital assets/cryptocurrency exchange Kraken whereby Kraken agreed to cease offering or selling securities through its crypto asset staking services, and agreed to pay a penalty of $30 million (comprising disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties).

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UK Regulation of Cryptoassets – Another Glimpse but Still None the Wiser

By Kai Zhang and Judie Rinearson

On 1 February, UK Government commenced another consultation on regulating cryptoassets (other initiatives consulted earlier remain being considered/legislated) which will close on 30 April. This is a consultation on the overall policy approach, i.e. no detailed rules.

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Federal Reserve Issues Policy Statement Limiting Crypto-Activities of State Member Banks

By Grant F. Butler, Carly E. Howard, Andrew M. Hinkes

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “FRB”) issued a policy statement that interprets Section 9(13) of the Federal Reserve Act to limit state member banks to engage as principal in only activities that are (a) permissible for a national bank or (b) explicitly permissible for state banks under federal law.  The activity restrictions apply equally to insured and uninsured state member banks supervised directly by the FRB. 

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DeFi Regulatory Alert: CFTC Files Its First Ever Oracle Manipulation Case

By Andrew M. Hinkes, Clifford C. Histed, Cheryl L. Isaac, and Maxwell J. Black

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) filed a civil enforcement action this week against Avraham Eisenberg, charging him with a scheme to defraud others and engage in price manipulation (as announced by the CFTC here). While there have been other enforcement actions related to decentralized finance (“DeFi”) protocols, this is the first case in which the CFTC has charged a person for fraud in connection with “oracle manipulation” on a decentralized exchange.  In addition to this CFTC action, the U.S. Department of Justice previously charged Eisenberg with criminal fraud and commodity price manipulation in connection with this same alleged scheme.

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MiCA is Here:  European Ground-breaking Rules for the Cryptocurrencies Market

By Giovanni Campi, Mathieu Volckrick, Paula Estaban Gomez

On 30 June, European institutions reached a provisional political agreement on the proposal for a regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets, also known as MiCA.[1]

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California’s Executive Order Embraces Crypto

By Jeremy McLaughlin and Christian A. Zazzali

On May 4, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on digital assets largely echoing the positive sentiments of President Biden’s February executive order. The order looks to create transparent regulation around digital assets and drive innovation into the state. By directing state agencies to engage in a cooperative discussion with stakeholders and developers in web3, California seeks to create an informed supplement to the federal report on digital assets, which is due in September. 

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