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As we previously reported, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced in July that it would begin accepting applications from FinTech companies ...

Taylor Weinstein, counsel in the firm's Tax and Investment Management Groups, was recently interviewed by Time magazine on how to manage the tax implications of investing with cryptocurrency.

As reported yesterday in Business Insurance, Lloyd's of London underwriters have agreed to insure digital currency storage company, Kingdom Trust Co., against theft and destruction of cryptocurrency assets.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently obtained an order freezing the assets of a former state senator and two other fraudsters who bilked investors in and outside the U.S.

The FBI has recently released a PSA warning cryptocurrency investors and financial institutions of fraudulent cryptocurrency investment apps.

The last word taxpayers engaging in virtual currency transactions heard from the IRS was in 2014 in Notice 2014-21. Please review our commentary on the notice here.

In the first episode of the CryptoCounsel at Wiley, hosts Josh Simmons and Frank Scaduto discuss the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency regulation...

Partner Jay Baris (New York-Investment Funds) authored a chapter titled "The custody of digital assets – 2020" in the latest Global Legal Insights...

Partner Jay Johnson discusses the effect of various regulations on blockchains.

This week the Federal Reserve reported that its instant payment service, FedNow, will be available for all participating financial institutions to use starting in July 2023.

On Sept. 18, the New York State Department of Financial Services issued proposed guidance for companies holding virtual currency business licenses and limited-purpose trust companies...

LabCFTC Chief Innovation Officer and Director Daniel Gorfine encouraged "all levels of leadership" within business and the government to improve technological literacy.

LabCFTC, the CFTC's FinTech Initiative, requested public comment on how to improve the effectiveness of its science competitions in order to stimulate innovation.

Leading on Crypto is a video series featuring exclusive conversations with industry leaders exploring the evolving world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Each episode delivers timely insights on regulatory developments, market trends, tokenization, stablecoins, and the innovations reshaping digital finance from executives at firms like Moody's Ratings, Pantera, Gemini, a16z, and the Crypto Council for Innovation.

The Biden Administration has proposed to require virtual currency transactions of more than $10,000 to be reported to the IRS. The proposal notes that "cryptocurrency transactions are...

Paris partner Hubert de Vauplane authored an article titled "Les caractéristiques juridiques d'une cryptomonnaie émise par une banque centrale" which was published by Revue Banque in February 2019.

On January 20, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Avraham Eisenberg, alleging that he used manipulative and deceptive trading practices to siphon $116 million of digital assets from the Mango Markets digital asset trading platform.