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The OCC and SEC’s FinHub Issue Guidance on Fiat-Backed Stablecoin Reserves

By Carl A. Fornaris, Barbara A. Jones, William Mack & Jocelyn M. Coney on October 5, 2020
Posted in banking, Banks, BitLicense, Blockchain, Blockchain Technology Task Force, Compliance, convertible virtual currency, cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Featured, Financial Regulation, Financial Services Litigation, GT Alert, SEC, Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Virtual Currency

On Sept. 21, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC) issued guidance pertaining to whether national banks could hold stablecoin reserves. That same day, the Securities…
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New York State Department of Financial Services Proposes Framework for a Conditional BitLicense

By William Mack & India L. Sneed on July 9, 2020
Posted in Anti-Money Laundering, BitLicense, Blockchain, Blockchain Technology Task Force, convertible virtual currency, cryptocurrency, Cybersecurity, Financial Regulation, Financial Services Litigation, Technology, Virtual Currency

In 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) finalized rules creating the BitLicense for virtual currency exchanges operating in New York state. New York is currently the only…
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New York State Releases Final BitLicense Regulation

By Michael A. Berlin, Niall E. O'Hegarty, William Mack & Carl A. Fornaris on June 9, 2015
Posted in BitLicense, Regulatory Compliance

On June 3, 2015, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) published its final BitLicense regulation. The regulation requires that firms engaged in “Virtual Currency Business Activity” that…
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