25 Sep, 2023 Money laundering: cryptoassets, promotions and the proceeds of crime By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Last Thursday, we published an article highlighting some recent, more unusual, money laundering schemes. We encouraged organisations to...
24 Feb, 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...
13 Feb, 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...
23 Jan, 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...
29 Nov, 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...
20 Sep, 2022 The Merge - crypto meets ESG By Christopher Charlton Madeleine Brown Sheila Dines The much-hyped “Merge”, whereby the Ethereum blockchain merges with a system called Beacon Chain, has finally happened. The change moves...
16 Aug, 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...
18 Jul, 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...
01 Jul, 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...
30 May, 2022 The (un)regulated world of cryptocurrency: UK Government to recognise "stablecoins" By Lorna Emson Sheila Dines Since December 2021, UK organisations have been providing welcome safeguards for consumers dabbling in the unregulated world of...
27 May, 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...
26 May, 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...
23 May, 2022 Laughable that sanctions might not apply to crypto? It is according to this US judge By Helen Harvey In a recently unsealed court document from the US, the judge quoted comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in support of his unequivocal...
14 Apr, 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,...
06 Apr, 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...
14 Feb, 2022 The big freeze on crypto-assets: HMRC seizes its first ever NFT By 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...