On Monday 3 October, the European Parliament adopted a non-legislative Resolution on distributed ledger technologies (DLT) / blockchain. In the Resolution, the Parliament makes clear that it is keen to
On September 19, 2018, the Ukranian Parliament published a draft law which aims to set out the legal basis for the taxation of transactions involving virtual assets. The draft law
In May of this year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) indicated that ICO issuers and their associated advisers would come under regulator scrutiny where their conduct or statements
Last week we reported that the US SEC stopped a fraudulent ICO that falsely claimed that it had SEC approval. Yesterday, the SEC suspended trading in the securities of a
The U.S. SEC announced yesterday that it had stopped what sounds like the most brazen fake ICO yet. According to
During 2017, the issue that probably got the most attention for companies raising capital through initial coin offerings (ICOs) was
This blog has previously discussed how different countries have taken varying positions with respect to their friendliness toward cryptocurrencies and
Switzerland often ranks among the most friendly and accommodating countries for blockchain-based companies to conduct their initial coin or token
In February 2018, the UK Treasury Committee launched an inquiry into digital currencies. In the course of its inquiry the
Last week we reported that FINRA brought its first-ever disciplinary action in the cryptocurrency space. But there were also two