On 30 July 2024 the Law Commission of England and Wales published a supplemental report and amended draft bill which would introduce a...
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On 23 July 2024 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a Final Notice against CB Payments Limited (CBPL), fining it c.£3.5m for a...
In a further example of UK cryptoasset regulation, the FCA recently published its Guidance on Cryptoasset Financial Promotions (here)...
On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...
On 8 June 2023, the FCA published a policy statement (PS 23/6) setting out its final policy position on financial promotion rules for...
On 27 March 2023 the UK Treasury published a draft of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) (Amendment) Order...
2022 has been a turbulent year for the digital assets sphere. While the industry is under harsher scrutiny than ever before following a...
In an judgment on the question of jurisdiction in the case of Tulip Trading Ltd v. Bitcoin Association for BSV and others [2022] EWHC 667...
As the market for cryptoassets continues to increase in size and spread, so too have levels of crypto fraud. Between April and September...
The growing popularity of crypto-assets has led to their increasing use in money-laundering schemes. A Europol study cited in the...
On day 2 of this year’s virtual City Week event, I was joined by investigators and regulators to discuss the latest developments in...
On the opening day of the 2021 City Week conference, Freshfields partners Mark Kalderon and Cyrus Pocha, and senior associate Claire...