Aug 15, 2024 Hong Kong Introduces Regulatory Regime for Stablecoin Issuers By Vincent Chan Despite its name, the global stablecoin market has been far from stable in recent years. In response, regulators and governments across...
Nov 28, 2023 NFTs: CMS Committee highlights scale of potential copyright infringement By Richard Barker Last year, NFTs were everywhere and IP lawyers across the country were grappling to understand their potential impact on IP rights. This...
Jul 17, 2023 Recapping Regulation: A big week for fintech By Emily Bradley It is a good time to check in on the financial regulation lawyer in your life, following a deluge of regulatory updates as the UK sails...
Apr 27, 2023 In for a penny: Data protection and privacy implications of the Bank of England’s digital pound proposals By Alex Buchanan February this year saw the Bank of England and HM Treasury declare that it is “likely” that a digital pound will be issued in future and...
Apr 19, 2023 Fixated but no fixation as High Court finds copyright does not subsist in Bitcoin file format By Richard Barker As the world continues to be fixated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the High Court has recently found that copyright does not...
Mar 10, 2023 That's my crypto – fork it over! By Matthew Harman How far would you go to get your hands on billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency? Dr Craig White, who also claims to be Satoshi...
Feb 14, 2023 How would you like to pay? Moving towards the digital pound By Emily Bradley In a significant step, the Bank of England and HM Treasury have declared that it is "likely" that a digital pound—the catchy moniker for...
Feb 01, 2023 Crypto-ing the line By Tim Fosh Back at the very beginning of 2020 Covid-19 still hadn't been designated a pandemic, Brexit still wasn't quite 'done' and you could start...
Sep 27, 2022 Merging crypto and ESG By Emily Bradley On 15 September 2022 the long-awaited transition to a 'proof-of-stake' consensus mechanism on Ethereum—referred to as 'The Merge'—finally...
Sep 07, 2022 And then there were three...Law Commission digital asset reform proposes 3rd class of personal property By Slaughter and May In the introduction to its recent consultation on Digital Assets, the Law Commission states that it is proposing few changes to the law,...
Aug 11, 2022 Tornado Cash: US Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer By Emily Bradley On Monday 8 August the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado...
Jul 19, 2022 Crypto winter, regulatory spring By Emily Bradley Until not so long ago, lawyers like me would have to trawl the internet for a whispered mention of crypto from a regulator, and it took...
Mar 31, 2022 Risky Business - PRA sets out expectations on firms engaging in cryptoasset activities By Tim Fosh Last week the PRA published a letter directed to the CEOs of banks and PRA-designated investment firms regarding their exposures to...
Mar 31, 2022 Cryptoassets and financial stability: BoE outlines key risks and approach By David Kasal In a new report published last week, the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) of the Bank of England began formalising its position on the...
Feb 07, 2022 Cryptoasset promotions: sweat the small stuff By Slaughter and May The FCA has published a consultation paper setting out its approach to strengthening its financial promotion rules for high risk...
Jan 19, 2022 Crypto: Promo Go Slow By Tim Fosh What feels several lifetimes ago in the world of crypto, in July 2020, HM Treasury published a consultation on bringing cryptoassets into...