12 Jan, 2024 See Spot Run (Finally): After Over a Decade of Rejections, SEC Approves 11 New Spot Bitcoin ETPs By Dan Davis James Brady Alex Kim Eleven spot bitcoin-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) were finally approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on...
28 Apr, 2023 Dan Davis Shares Views on Digital Asset Regulation During House Subcommittee Hearing By Katten In testimony before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development, Daniel J....
25 Apr, 2023 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Drama Isn’t Boring At All By Jessica Kraver Editor's Note: This article is the third in a series by Katten attorneys examining NFTs and various novel legal issues raised by NFTs. ...
21 Apr, 2023 MiCA and Crypto Transfer Rules Approved by the European Parliament By Christopher Collins Neil Robson After many delays, the European Parliament has approved the long-awaited proposed regulation on markets in cryptoassets (MiCA), alongside...
15 Dec, 2022 U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger Marshall Introduce "Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Bill" By Ethan Trotz U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger Marshall are introducing the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act (the "Act"), with the aim...
07 Nov, 2022 Sale of Crypto Assets by Promoter Held to Be Sale of Securities Despite Claimed Utility Use of Digital Assets by at Least Some Purchasers By Dan Davis Cryptoassets issued and promoted by LBRY, Inc. (LBRY) and sold directly to investors constituted investment contracts and thus...
23 Sep, 2022 CFTC Warns DeFi Traders: Exercise of Governance Tokens Could Result in Personal Liability for Illegal Activities of DeFi Protocol By Dan Davis Two natural persons who voted governance tokens issued by a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol were charged with being “personally...
16 Nov, 2021 Just Say No: The SEC Again Rejects an Application for the Listing and Trading of Shares of a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund By Dan Davis The Securities and Exchange Commission again rejected an exchange’s application to list and trade shares of a bitcoin ETF on November 12,...