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One approach might be to make it harder to use or transfer cryptocurrency once stolen, much like suitcases filled with $1 million in cash are difficult to actually spend without getting noticed. The Biden administration is proposing to adopt the same requirement for crypto that all businesses have when they are paid more than $10,000 […]
SEC Investigating Former Chair of Auditing Industry Regulator – WSJ
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether the recently dismissed chairman of the auditing industry’s oversight board violated any rules in his handling of internal complaints at the regulator, according to people familiar with the matter. The SEC’s enforcement investigation is examining the actions of William Duhnke, who was dismissed from his job as […]
Not Your Standard Orange Grove: Non-Fungible Tokens & Securities Laws
With offerings across a growing number of online platforms and increased trading volume, NFT issuers, promoters, and buyers should consider the legal and regulatory implications relating to NFTs and federal securities laws. Throughout the first half of 2021, non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have continued to experience widespread adoption across a range of industries. Just last week, rights to […]
How the FBI Got Colonial Pipeline’s Ransom Money Back – WSJ
After Colonial Pipeline Co. on May 8 paid roughly $4.4 million in cryptocurrency to hackers holding its computer systems hostage, the Federal Bureau of Investigation followed the digital money. Over the next 19 days, court records show, a special agent watched on a publicly visible bitcoin ledger as hackers transferred the 75 bitcoins to other […]
Stablecoins Like Tether Should Face Regulators’ Scrutiny – Bloomberg
A money-market fund would never be allowed to follow such policies. The Securities and Exchange Commission permits money-market funds to use a $1 NAV under stable pricing conventions — valuing assets at amortized cost rather than at market price, and using “penny rounding” pricing — only on the condition that they limit their risk. Their […]
NFTs getting a closer look from FINRA
How hot is the NFT craze? It’s so hot that even Finra is trying to wrap its head around it. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority — the non-government group that licenses broker dealers and accordingly polices it for infractions — is “taking a deep dive to understand NFTs and the implication for the regulation of […]
Robinhood CLO Dan Gallagher’s Big Takeaway From the Game Stop Frenzy | Corporate Counsel
Expanding on the risk management note Gallagher made, Carton asked during the session, “What about the fact that in the year 2021, you have the technology that would allow—I’m not going to call it a mob, but—a group of people on Reddit to be able to move the stock prices around crazily. Is there any […]
CFTC Whistleblower Program in Peril Over Potential $100 Million-Plus Payout – WSJ
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s whistleblower program is in turmoil over a potential payout exceeding $100 million to a former Deutsche Bank AG executive—one so large it would deplete the agency’s whistleblower funds and has led it to seek congressional action. Source: CFTC Whistleblower Program in Peril Over Potential $100 Million-Plus Payout – WSJ
SEC Chairman Shares Thoughts On Bitcoin – Bitcoin Magazine
“It’s a digital, scarce store of value, but highly volatile,” Gensler told CNBC. “And there’s investors that want to trade that, and trade that for its volatility, in some cases just because it is lower correlation with other markets. I think that we need greater investor protection there.” According to Gensler, such investor protection would […]
The new ‘deal tax’: SPAC defendants are paying plaintiffs lawyers to drop N.Y. state suits | Reuters
In the last seven months, lawyers from a handful of shareholder firms have filed more than 60 lawsuits in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan against board members of special purpose acquisition companies, accusing SPAC directors of breaching their duty to investors by omitting important information from public filings about their proposed acquisitions. The […]