Goodwin recently appointed Andrew Henderson as regulatory partner to its Private Investment Funds’ practice in London. Dr. Henderson has over 20 years’ experience advising financial institutions, including asset and investment managers, as well as family offices and technology providers on financial services regulation and risk management. He also works closely…
On August 15, 2022, the United States District Court for the Central District of California authorized the IRS to serve a “John Doe” summons on Ox Labs Inc., a cryptocurrency prime dealer doing business as SFOX. The John Doe summons calls for Ox Labs to divulge information about U.S. taxpayers who engaged in…
Goodwin partner Grant Fondo was recently interviewed on CoinDesk TV in regards to the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act that was introduced on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. The proposed legislation suggests that the CFTC should control crypto spot markets, specifically bitcoin and ether, which the bill classifies as commodities. To…
Hong Kong has traditionally been a hub for digital asset businesses in the region. As regulators in Hong Kong are working to tighten the regulatory regime on virtual asset exchanges, market players and investors seeking to take advantage of the burgeoning digital asset industry should keep up-to-date with the changing…
On July 21, 2022, the SEC charged three individuals with insider trading of digital assets via a scheme to trade ahead of multiple announcements regarding crypto assets being made available on a United States-based digital asset exchange at which one individual was a former product manager. In the complaint, the SEC identifies…
Germany has introduced a new regulation on crypto fund units (Verordnung über Kryptofondsanteile – KryptoFAV), that allows fund managers to issue fund units on an electronic instead of a physical basis. The new rules come less than one year after the Fund Location Act (Fondsstandortgesetz) allowed institutional investors to invest…
Goodwin’s Nicholas Losurdo and Christopher Grobbel shared a client alert about the SEC’s recently released Spring 2022 “Reg Flex” agenda, which provides a glimpse into how the agency will prioritize its resources over the coming six months from a policy and rulemaking standpoint. Notably absent from the agenda is any…
In a recent BlockTribune article, Goodwin’s Grant Fondo, David Gardy Ermann, Yoona Lee, Frank DelPesce, and Ahmed Abdelhamid discuss the recent “NFT Indictment” by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI in addition to providing practical advice for trading digital assets. Read…
Digital Currency Perspectives author, Nick Losurdo, was recently quoted by Bloomberg.com regarding Biden’s executive order which is meant to ensure responsible development of digital assets. Read more here.
Digital Currency Perspectives author, Nick Losurdo, recently posted an alert regarding the use of an emergency cease and desist order issued against individuals and a company using NFTs to finance multiple metaverse casinos. Read more here.