21
Mar
Crypto bull market and “memecoin” mania heat up despite recent U.S. enforcement action which formally accused over 30 tokens of being securities
Written by Laura "LC" Cole and Aaron Krowne
The act of launching a ...
07
Nov
While Not The Final Word, Summary Judgment Ruling in SEC v. Ripple Case Is “Bullish” For Crypto
On June 13th, 2023, Southern District of New York federal judge Analisa Torres issued her summary judgment order ...
15
Jan
DFS Crypto “Coin Listing” Proposal Represents A Dramatic Expansion of the NY BitLicense
The comments below are in response to the New York DFS’s new proposed Coin Listing Policy Framework (the “Proposa...
18
Nov
A Tale of Two Token Offerings: Lessons from Blockstack (Reg A+) And Telegram (Reg D)
(*) Some of the biggest news of the past half-year on the US crypto regulatory front has been (1) Blockstack’s su...
04
Apr
Initial Impressions On The SEC’s Big “Digital Asset Framework” and Token No-Action Letter Releases
Yesterday was a big day in blockchain legal news, as the SEC put out two releases (combined here) that argua...
10
Dec
No, Airdrops Weren’t Just “Legalized” in the U.S.
A November 27, 2018 order in the case of ICO-gone-wrong SEC v. BlockVest, LLC (SoCal U.S. Dis...
23
Jul
House Financial Services – Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee Hearing (7/18/18): “The Future of Money: Digital Currency”
Below is a rough auto-transcript of a hearing held last week entitled “The Future of Money: Digital Cur...
23
Jul
House Agricultural Committee Hearing (7/18/18): “Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New Assets in the Digital Age”
Below is a rough auto-transcript of a hearing held last week entitled “Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of N...
08
Jul
Doubts Emerge Regarding SEC Director Hinman’s “Decentralization” Token Security-Criteria
On June 14th, 2018, at the Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit, the SEC’s Director of the Corporate Finance D...