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Government’s Attack Vectors

By Kristi Warner The government’s approach to remedies and bitcoin mining are similar examples of agencies utilizing tools at their disposal to attack the crypto industry.  Remedies In July 2023, the SEC lost in the Ripple case on the main legal theories – Judge Torres ruled that secondary market sales were not sales of unregistered […]
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CryptoLaw: Looking Ahead

By Kristi Warner Since CryptoLaw launched in 2021, we have accomplished so much as a community. John started CryptoLaw as a reaction to “gross government overreach” – his goal was to build a trusted platform that people could turn to for news, updates, and analysis on legal and policy issues related to digital assets and […]
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Hinman Investigation: The Chance for the SEC to Get Something Right

By John E. Deaton. It didn’t just take a village. It took an army of activists, lawyers and everyday citizens to demand, insist and even sue the Securities and Exchange Commission to be transparent. From the moment William Hinman got on that stage in San Francisco on June 14, 2018, to declare that Ethereum’s native […]
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Ripple Gets OK To Pause SEC Penalty As It Mulls Appeal

By Aislinn Keely. (Law360). September 4, 2024. Law360 (September 4, 2024, 9:34 PM EDT) — A New York federal judge on Wednesday signed off on Ripple Labs’ request to hold off on paying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the $125 million penalty it owes to allow time for either side to appeal the landmark […]
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Does Harris Have A Plan For US Crypto And Blockchain Industries?

By Daniel Ikenson. (Forbes). August 21, 2024. Two seismic events in 2024 may prove beneficial to investors in blockchain applications and the future of technology innovation in the United States. First, the Supreme Court’s overruling the 40-year-old “Chevron Doctrine” marks the beginning of a process that will restore greater clarity and consistency to the regulatory environment. Second, […]
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Court Brings Gavel Down on SEC’s War on Crypto

By Roslyn Layton. (DC Journal). August 20, 2024. On August 8, Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. Southern District of New York issued her judgment on the case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the blockchain payments company Ripple.  In her 16-page order, Torres brought the District Court’s gavel down on the SEC’s spectacular […]
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