On Jan. 25, 2024, the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (collectively, the “Agencies”) jointly issued a press
Continue Reading Hawaii’s Money Transmitters Modernization Act Will No Longer Apply to Cryptocurrency Activities
On Oct. 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed CA AB39, the Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), which is the first comprehensive framework to regulate the digital asset market
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On Oct. 23, 2023, FinCEN published an NPRM that identifies international CVC mixing as “a class of transactions of primary money laundering concern,” and finds that imposing additional recordkeeping and
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On Sept. 18, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a press release announcing updates to its ongoing oversight of the digital asset space, including (1)
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On Aug. 25, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department issued proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the sales or exchanges of digital assets, including
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Digital assets are an increasingly important part of modern society. That was the conclusion the UK Law Commission reached in its final report on digital assets that was published recently
Continue Reading UK Court Grapples with Cryptocurrency Preservation and Enforcement Issues
To address the tax implications for taxpayers who stake cryptocurrency on a proof-of-stake blockchain and receive validation rewards, on July 21 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2023-14
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On July 13, 2023, in a highly anticipated decision for the cryptocurrency industry, a Southern District of New York court granted in part and denied in part the parties’ cross
Continue Reading SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., et al.: A Turning Point in Cryptocurrency Jurisprudence?
In what appears to be a case of first impression, a federal district court has held that a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a person subject to the provisions of
Continue Reading In Decentralized Finance, DAOs Are People Too