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The highly publicized case involving Yuga Labs and creators Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen provides an important signal that courts are willing to apply established legal doctrines to the dynamic and still-maturing marketplace for blockchain-enabled collectibles.

On May 30, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled its case against a former Coinbase employee and his brother for alleged "insider trading" of digital assets.

Stepping into a breach that finds the United States without a comprehensive cryptocurrency framework while the EU is about to implement its own cryptocurrency framework this July (called Markets in Crypto Assets or MiCA)

As discussed in Part I of this series, state DAO LLC laws have been enacted in the last several years and have become one option for decentralized autonomous organizations (or DAOs)...

The rise of ransomware attacks has prompted the international community to explore a range of approaches to deter these attacks, including the use of sanctions, the further development and instantiation...

In this weekly post, we round-up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 26 May 2023.

On May 15, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) responded to Coinbase, Inc.'s (Coinbase) request for writ of mandamus instructing the SEC to act on Coinbase's...

On May 18, 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam clarified his position on the CFTC's authority over digital asset markets.

In a series of recent industry events, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal continued to emphasize that the private funds industry...