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Crypto Companies Launch New Products, Expand Partnerships
By Robert
A recent statutory instrument aims to remove legal uncertainty surrounding crypto staking and ease blockchain operations.
By Stuart Davis, Gabriel Lakeman, and Emma Trankeenan
On 9 January 2025, the UK Government published the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2025 (SI 2025/17) (the Staking SI) and the accompanying
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The FinmadiG introduces material implementation measures for the European Digital Finance Package.
By Axel Schiemann and Lasse Winzer
On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) has passed the Financial Market Digitisation Act (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz — FinmadiG). The FinmadiG serves as the German implementation of several European rules, inter alia, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets
The guidelines aim to ensure the consistent application of MiCA across the EU, including a standardised classification of cryptoassets.
By Axel Schiemann, Lasse Winzer, Thomas Vogel, Stuart Davis, and Gabriel Lakeman
On 10 December 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and the European
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The court ruled OFAC overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash, holding that its smart contracts are not “property” under the governing statutes.
By Eric Volkman, Jenny Cieplak, Stephen P. Wink, and Deric Behar
On November 26, 2024, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed
With appropriate safeguards, distributed ledger technology may expand the use of non-cash assets as derivatives collateral, while mitigating certain market infrastructure inefficiencies.
By Yvette D. Valdez, Adam Bruce Fovent, and Deric Behar
On November 21, 2024, the Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory
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