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 Laura Monaghan 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...
Dec 07, 2021 UK Law Commission confirms flexibility of the common law to accommodate smart legal contracts By Georgina Hoy Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...
Nov 10, 2021 UK CBCD? Still TBC By Tim Fosh Yesterday John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, made a statement on the progress made regarding the development of a UK...
Nov 02, 2021 Blockchain and ESG - Legal 500 Blockchain UK Chapter Published By Emily Bradley The Legal 500 Blockchain UK chapter for 2021—contributed by Slaughter and May—has been published. For the first time, this year's chapter...
Oct 14, 2021 Is crypto a risk to financial stability? By Emily Bradley Do cryptoassets pose a risk to the stability of the UK's financial system? In a speech published on 13 October, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy...
May 26, 2021 A Digital Picture is Worth a Thousand Ether: NFTs and Digital Art By Ian Ranson Recent months have seen an explosion in the popularity (and value) of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An NFT is a unique (non-fungible)...