GT attorneys Leith Ben Ammar, Claire Broadbelt, Miles Daly, Matt Hancock, Emma L. Menzies, Thai Nguyen, and Nickie Pickernell co-authored the UK Chapter of
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GT attorneys Leith Ben Ammar, Claire Broadbelt, Miles Daly, Matt Hancock, Emma L. Menzies, Thai Nguyen, and Nickie Pickernell co-authored the UK Chapter of…
Continue Reading Greenberg Traurig contributes UK chapter to Chambers’ Blockchain Guide 2022
On May 12, 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bill CS/HB 273 (the Bill), amending Florida’s money services business (MSB) laws (i.e., Chapter 560 of the Florida Statutes) to, among other…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Signs Bill that Defines ‘Virtual Currency’ and Eases Licensing Restrictions on Certain Virtual Currency Transactions in the State
At a speech to the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Capital Markets Association on April 4, 2022, SEC Chair Gary Gensler took the opportunity to again promote his strong desire…
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On Jan. 20, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) issued the Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation paper (Paper)…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve System Takes First Step Toward Creating Its Own Digital Currency
The digital asset and blockchain sector in 2021 saw exponential growth and adoption fueled by stablecoins, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (DeFi), and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Headed into 2022,…
Continue Reading Digital Assets Sector: What to Watch for in 2022
On Nov. 23, 2021, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint …
Continue Reading US Federal Banking Regulators Release Joint Statement on ‘Crypto-Asset Policy Sprint Initiative’
On Nov. 1, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) joined with the president’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) to…
Continue Reading President’s Working Group on Financial Markets Releases Report and Recommendations on Stablecoins
On May 20, 2021, the Treasury Department released a report that proposes new reporting requirements for transactions, including cryptocurrency transactions. Under the proposed plan, financial institutions, payment settlement entities, and…
Continue Reading The Biden Administration Proposes New Cryptocurrency Reporting Rules
On Dec. 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would impose on banks and money services …
Continue Reading FinCEN Proposes to Extend Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Identity Verification Requirements to Certain Virtual Currency and Digital Asset Transactions
On Sept. 25, 2020, the SEC issued a No-Action Letter to FINRA, in response to a previously issued Joint Statement by the SEC and FINRA. This No-Action Letter detailed how…
Continue Reading SEC Issues No-Action Letter Facilitating the Secondary Trading of Digital Assets