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Many tax agencies and regulatory bodies around the world have increasingly focused on cryptocurrency traders for the past several years, in particular the IRS and the CRA.

On November 26, 2018, an E. coli scare that authorities suspect originated with the contamination of a few heads of lettuce on one farm in California led to the recall of romaine lettuce.

Are the tides turning? Digital assets are slowly entering the conversation alongside traditional assets. What was once ethereal and somewhat elusive...

On the heels of escalated efforts by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to commence enforcement proceedings against crypto trading platforms (CTPs or platforms) that operate...

As we close out 2021, we highlight some of the recent trends we have seen in securities litigation and enforcement which we anticipate will continue in the new year.

On the same day, the Ontario Securities Commission issued a news release imposing a deadline of April 19, 2021 for CTPs to contact OSC regarding bringing their operations into compliance.

On Jan. 18, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment CSA Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 81-102...

Interest in blockchain, the technology driving the virtual currency Bitcoin, has grown dramatically over the last few years as it has the potential to transform many business processes...

In years past, a series of industry failures and a lack of regulatory certainty threatened to chill the digital asset space.

As predicted in our 2016 year-end report, 2017 proved to be a busy year for Fintech in Canada, with a number of important regulatory developments.

"Fintech" refers to new technology aimed at improving the delivery of financial products or services, either by complementing or competing with those products or services...

It has been an exciting few weeks in the development of the digital asset regulatory regime in Canada.

On December 10, 2024, the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") released Staff Notice 33-757 – Review of Restricted Dealer Crypto Asset Trading Platforms' Compliance with the Account Appropriateness...

The rapid growth of cryptocurrency technology and investment has certainly given rise to novel legal issues that Ontario courts need to tackle.

Last month, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released an updated version of Guideline E-23 (the Guideline) setting out its expectations on enterprise-wide model risk management (MRM).

Crypto assets are digital assets that exist on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger.

On April 3, 2019, the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology – known as "FinHub" – of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a "Framework for ‘Investment Contract' Analysis of Digital Assets"