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The year 2025 marked a turning point in Canada's anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement landscape, with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada...

These measures ensure there is nowhere for criminals to hide.

In late 2017, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced that Parliament will review Canada's Copyright Act (Act).

Companies owning trademarks should reserve their trademarks with blockchain naming systems. The risk of infringement of blockchain domain names is real and remedies are limited at this time.

Many lawyers were surprised, confused and/or amused by recent news that a New Jersey firm had opened the first personal injury firm in the metaverse.

One of the trends that emerged in 2017 was the increased interest, curiosity, and popularity of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

When bitcoin peaked at almost US$20,000 in late 2017 and cryptocurrencies came to the forefront of global news, much speculation and consideration was given to viability, growth and the future of cryptocurrencies.

On March 11, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Staff Notice 51-363 – Observations on Disclosure by Crypto Assets Reporting Issuers (CSA Notice).

Revolutionary changes to complex systems often have humble beginnings.

On June 14, 2023, the Canadian digital asset and blockchain community witnessed a landmark development when the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (the Committee) published...

On December 14, 2017, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) released its final report on its market study into technology-led innovation in the Canadian financial services (Fintech) sector.

On May 30, 2022, Virgo CX Inc. received regulatory approval from the CSA to operate a CTP in Canada.

In early November 2023, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) participated in a roundtable with the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF), during which they commented on various issues regarding the taxation of cryptocurrencies.

The collapse of the crypto market between May and July of this year created a crisis of confidence following heavy investment losses and the high profile bankruptcy of some crypto lenders.

Crypto-currency trading platforms ("Crypto-Platforms") received an unwelcome surprise last month, when eleven of them were hit with coordinated class action suits in America by two law firms. The class actions target some of the largest crypto-currency exchanges in the world: Binance, Bibox and KuCoin, along with several individual defendants.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) have recently announced guidance concerning the holding of crypto assets.

Canadian regulators continue to take a collaborative and cautious approach to regulating the cryptocurrency industry.

Our technology law team recently published Digital Business in Canada, an easy-to-read guide to electronic commerce in the Canadian legal and regulatory context.