Cryptocurrency

One thing is certain: ignoring virtual currency trading will not make it go away. Nor is it a responsible regulatory strategy. The CFTC has an ...

The counts of the criminal information to which Rivas pled guilty alleged, inter alia, that Rivas engaged in fraud in connection with the purchase and ...

In yet another sign of growing regulator interest in the murky world of digital currencies, the CFTC requests comments on how it may interpret “actual ...

For the second time in consecutive weeks, the SEC Enforcement Division’s new Cyber Unit has moved to halt an initial coin offering (IA Watch, Dec. ...

I have said consistently that virtual currencies are unlike any commodity that the CFTC has dealt with in the past, and I know they pose ...

Even if MUN tokens had a practical use at the time of the offering, it would not preclude the token from being a security. Determining ...

The SEC Enforcement Division’s new Cyber Unit—created in September (IA Watch, Sept. 28, 2017)—has filed its first charges in a bid to put the brakes ...

FinTech innovations, it is often said, have the potential to transform key parts of the securities industry. While healthy skepticism still seems warranted, there are ...

Regulators continue to caution the industry and investors on the potential pitfalls of initial coin offerings. SEC chairman Jay Clayton is the latest to weigh ...

There is also a distinct lack of information about many online platforms that list and trade virtual coins or tokens offered and sold in Initial ...