Feb 24, 2023 New frontiers of English law: UKJT publishes legal statement on digital securities By Sapheen Meran Thomas Gawda In our last post, we discussed the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force's (UKJT) consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital...
Feb 13, 2023 Crypto advertising in the UK - new regulatory regime incoming By Alishea Patel Rosie Duckworth On 1 February HM Treasury published a consultation and call for evidence on its proposals for a financial services regulatory regime for...
Jan 23, 2023 New frontiers of English law: the UKJT’s public consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital securities By Sapheen Meran Thomas Gawda Established in 2019 to support the digital transformation of the UK legal sector, the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force (UKJT)’s...
Nov 29, 2022 Gearing the UK up for decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) By Dominic Sedghi Richard Giangrande Fred Whittell The Law Commission has published a call for evidence on decentralised autonomous organisations (or DAOs). The Commission intends to...
Aug 16, 2022 Cryptocurrencies meet class actions: investors take aim at cryptocurrency exchanges By Lorna Emson Luke Chinniah Sheila Dines The most recent in a flurry of proposed class action proceedings brought before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is a £9.9bn claim...
Jul 18, 2022 I trust you’ll look after my bitcoin By James Popperwell Luke Chinniah The case of D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others [2022] EWHC 1723 (Ch) raises two important developments in the rapidly developing field...
Jul 01, 2022 Lessons from the crypto-crash: the risks of transacting with blockchains By Sapheen Meran The pressure on the cryptocurrency market continues to yield further turmoil, with news of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s...
May 27, 2022 Tax rule change may encourage UK investment managers to hold cryptoassets By Rebecca Rose As trailed by the Treasury back in April, HMRC has published a consultation on expanding the list of “investment transactions’” which...
May 26, 2022 Watch this space: what to look out for as the metaverse matures By Sonja Dragomir While opinions are divided — its development has been both glorified and reviled, along with everything in between — there appears to be...
May 23, 2022 Laughable that sanctions might not apply to crypto? It is according to this US judge By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey In a recently unsealed court document from the US, the judge quoted comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in support of his unequivocal...
Apr 14, 2022 Non-fungible tokens: a new means of monetisation By Sonja Dragomir Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have become a topic of significant interest for intellectual property owners, content creators, investors,...
Apr 06, 2022 UK to amend tax rules in aim to become a “global cryptoassets hub” By Rebecca Rose Gregory Price In a speech at Innovate Finance Global Summit on Monday 4 April, John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, set out the UK...
Feb 14, 2022 The big freeze on crypto-assets: HMRC seizes its first ever NFT By Neill Blundell James Reid HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced its first ever seizure of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as part of a £1.4m VAT fraud...
Feb 10, 2022 The unregulated world of cryptocurrency: ASA clamps down on Crypto.com By Lorna Emson Sheila Dines The Council of the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA Council) has clamped down on Crypto.com (a payment and cryptocurrency trading...
Feb 09, 2022 An “educational approach”? HMRC nudge letters to crypto investors By Macfarlanes Towards the end of last year, it was reported that HMRC had begun sending “nudge letters” to cryptocurrency investors. Nudge letter...
Feb 03, 2022 Cryptowills and cryptotrusts By Michael Shaw While the hype around memecoins continues and charts showing 10,000% profits go viral, there is scope for subtler disruption from crypto...