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Anna Smith-Sandy primarily advises clients on derivative and broker-dealer matters.

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Weekly Focus:

  • Congress Members Propose Legislation Aimed at Better Clarifying Digital Asset Regulation
  • SEC Division of Examinations Risk Alert Signal Continued Focus on Digital Assets
  • Federal Reserve Publishes White Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency
  • BitPay, Inc. Reaches Settlement with OFAC
  • Coinbase Announces Filing of Registration Statement
  • Wisdom Tree Files Bitcoin ETF Proposal

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of March 12, 2021

On January 20, 2021, an American Bar Association (ABA) Derivatives and Futures Law Committee sub-committee recently released an update to its “Digital and Digitized Assets: Federal and State Jurisdictional Issues” white paper, which features Perkins Coie attorneys Anna Smith-Sandy and Ernest Simons as contributors. The white paper was initially created by members of…

The Perkins Coie Digital Asset Timeline has been updated from this version, you can find the most up-to-date version, updated April 2021 here.

Perkins Coie LLP is pleased to bring you this updated Digital Asset SEC Timeline.

The Digital Asset SEC Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions,…

Weekly Focus:

  • Congress Members Introduce Stablecoin Legislation
  • FINRA Grants Securitize Green Light for Broker-Dealer/ATS Acquisition
  • SEC Establishes Transition of FinHub to Separate Office
  • SIFMA, PwC Publish White Paper on Interplay Between Digital Assets and the Securities Markets
  • Bitcoin Development Fund Launches Using Open-Source Funding Model
  • Ethereum 2.0 Milestone Reached
  • S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Plan to Launch Cryptocurrency Indexes in 2021
  • China-Based Bank Halts Planned Digital Bond Sale Shortly Before Launch
  • Ukraine Crypto-Specific Bill Progresses Through Parliament
  • German Private Bank Announces Cryptocurrency Fund Launch

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of December 4, 2020

The Perkins Coie Digital Asset Timeline has been updated from this version, you can find the most up-to-date version here.

Perkins Coie LLP is pleased to bring you this updated Digital Asset SEC Timeline.

The Digital Asset SEC Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to…

Weekly Focus:

  • Ripple Faces New Litigation Related to XRP Token Sale
  • In Wake of Injunction, Telegram Discontinues Involvement with TON Blockchain
  • Blockvest Founder Seeks to Challenge Sanctions Granted in SEC Suit Related to ICO
  • Ohio State Lawmakers Contemplate Using Blockchain for Future Election Cycles
  • Square’s CashApp Q1 Earnings Show Surge in Bitcoin-Related Earnings
  • Turkey-Based Company iMiner Successfully Attains License to Operate in Iran
  • Dutch Central Bank Imposes Registration Requirement for Crypto Service Providers Under Newest Iteration of AML Legislation

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Continue Reading Blockchain Week in Review: Week of May 8, 2020

Please note that the Digital Asset SEC Timeline has since been updated.  To find the most recent version, updated April 2021, please click here.

Perkins Coie LLP is pleased to bring you this updated Digital Asset SEC Timeline. This update includes the newest edition posted on March 24, 2020 which highlights the Second…

The timeline has since been updated.  To find the most recent version, updated April 2021, please click here.

Perkins Coie LLP is pleased to bring you this Digital Asset SEC Timeline. This Timeline is an interactive compilation of select SEC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities…