Digital currency is an exciting, dynamic and growing technology changing the financial and legal landscapes. To keep pace, corporate counsel must stay abreast of new rules, new regulations, and new applications of blockchain technology. Recognizing this need, Digital Currency + Blockchain Perspectives chronicles industry news, including regulatory developments and other issues affecting our clients and the digital currency industry.

"NFT Indictment” and The Trading of Digital Assets

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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…

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FinCEN Issues Report Addressing NFTs

On February 4, 2022, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) jumped into the regulatory discussion about non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”)—more with a whisper than a bang—in a report on its Study of the Facilitation of Money Laundering and Terror Finance Through the Trade in Works of Art. The report…

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