Cryptocurrency

In slide decks used to solicit investment in Canada, in the United States, and elsewhere, NextBlock and Tapscott falsely represented that as many as four ...

Undoubtedly, digital assets can be securities if they meet the Howey test. On this point, the SEC has been very clear. In 2017, before my ...

The SEC finds itself in a squeeze given its must abide by a 1946 Supreme Court decision defining a security when justices then couldn’t have ...

If there’s one key takeaway for advisers in the ABA’s new 353-page report on digital assets it’s that – wherever regulators stand on cryptocurrency legal ...

A new letter from the SEC’s Division of Investment Management seeks your guidance on how the agency should deal with the non-delivery versus payment custody ...

We welcome input and engagement from all interested parties regarding the potential considerations posed by digital assets with respect to the Custody Rule.

The benefits of self-reporting to the SEC can be seen in the latest Commission enforcement action involving an unregistered initial coin offering. A Washington, D.C.-based ...

In approximately August 2018, Gladius self-reported to Commission Enforcement staff. From the beginning of its discussions with Commission staff, Gladius expressed an interest in taking ...

There is also great interest in exchange-traded products based on bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. As I have mentioned in the past, I am concerned that ...

The unidentified public company uploaded a “test filing” that revealed its second quarter earnings to the SEC’s EDGAR system at 3:32 p.m. on a Thursday ...