09-20-2024
Jordan Atkins
Author
Coming from a legal and consulting background, Jordan has been reporting on the legal & regulatory landscape in the digital asset industry since 2020. He is focused on the emergence of digital asset legislation around the world, the nascent legal issues posed by digital assets and digital asset-linked crime.
Article by Jordan Atkins
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31 March, 2021
Who’s next? SEC accuses LBRY of offering unregistered securities
The U.S. regulator said the offering of LBRY, whose business focuses on distribution and monetization of digital content without an...
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29 March, 2021
Why aren’t digital asset providers held to their promises?
The digital asset industry has a specific problem which, despite hurting consumers and adoption, receives little attention: dishonest advertising.
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23 March, 2021
Financial Action Task Force releases updated guidance
The revised guidance comes after a 12-month review of the initial release, which found that some jurisdictions’ AML and CFT...
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19 March, 2021
The NFT craze is being driven by ignorance
As more and more NFTs reach ridiculous valuations, it is becoming obvious that the market is almost entirely blind to...
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17 March, 2021
Ira Kleiman attorneys involved in ugly internal legal battle
The law firm representing Ira Kleiman, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, is embroiled in a bitter internal struggle that has now...
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17 March, 2021
Crypto Crime Cartel: Binance investigated by CFTC
Binance is the subject of an active investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for potentially offering digital asset derivative...
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9 March, 2021
Crypto Crime Cartel: John McAfee, Arthur Hayes arrested and more Mt Gox deflection
Two prominent names in the Crypto Crime Cartel were arrested as the long overdue legal reckoning chews through prominent industry...
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26 February, 2021
The legal duty of blockchain developers
As blockchain technology becomes increasingly relied upon, it becomes critical that the law extends its well-established protections to this new...
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24 February, 2021
Open source does not mean what you think it means
The Bitcoin community in particular has fetishized the concept open-source to the extent that it has become nearly inseparable from...
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24 February, 2021
Craig Wright begins landmark legal action to retrieve stolen coins
Dr. Craig Wright has begun legal action against the developers of BTC, BCH, BCH ABC and BSV over 111,000 stolen...
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23 February, 2021
Tether, Bitfinex prohibited from operating in New York, pays $18.5M settlement in NYAG case
The NYAG statement is highly critical of Bitfinex and Tether, accusing them of “recklessly and unlawfully [covering up] massive financial...
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9 February, 2021
Bitfinex supposedly repays $750M loan to Tether—why now?
The loan was taken to cover for the loss of $850 million in co-mingled client and corporate funds caused by...
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