crypto regulation

Sam Bankman-Fried's fate was finally decided by 12 jurors Thursday night. After deliberating for a little over 4 hours, the FTX founder was found guilty on all seven counts for his role in the crypto exchange's implosion. Ford O'Brien Landy LLP partner Kevin J. O’Brien shares his legal analysis of the trial and subsequent verdict, explaining why Bankman-Fried could serve "something in the neighborhood of 15 years" in prison.

3 nov. 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is taking the stand again Tuesday for more cross-examination in his criminal trial. Katten partner and co-chair for the firm's financial markets and regulation practice group Dan Davis discusses his take on the latest legal proceedings and the impact on the U.S. crypto regulatory landscape. "I think any regulator and any person in Congress wants to make sure what happened with FTX does not happen again," Davis said.

31 oct. 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried is set to face a cross-examination by federal prosecutors Monday, after doubling down on the narrative that FTX failed due to mistakes. Hodder Law Firm founder Sasha Hodder discusses her take on the latest legal proceedings around the FTX founder's criminal trial and the implications for the U.S. regulatory landscape.

30 oct. 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony began on Thursday without the jury present. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP partner Renato Mariotti discusses the latest developments surrounding the criminal trial as the FTX founder is expected to take the stand again Friday. "SBF basically told the world everything on his mind regarding this case...prosecutors essentially have a collection of his greatest hits," Mariotti said.

27 oct. 2023

Juridique

Le projet de loi pose les bases de la définition d’un actif virtuel et de la manière dont les échanges devraient fonctionner dans le pays.

Par Sam Reynolds27 oct. 2023

Rapid gains in bitcoin (BTC) are taking a bit of a breather, following renewed excitement around a U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETF approval. OANDA senior market analyst for the Americas Edward Moya discusses his crypto markets analysis, along with the differences between big money and retail investors. "The institutional interest has definitely percolated," adding that retail investors are "still licking their wounds from FTX."

25 oct. 2023

FTX floated an amended proposal to return up to 90% of creditor holdings held at the exchange before it imploded last November. The debtors' group will formally file the plan by December 16. Eversheds Sutherland partner and co-global head of corporate crime and investigations Sarah Paul discusses the latest developments. Eversheds Sutherland represents the ad hoc committee of non-U.S. customers of FTX.com.

23 oct. 2023

BlackRock recently submitted an amended prospectus for its spot bitcoin ETF application with the SEC. This comes after a false report that the world's largest asset manager received approval from the agency, which sent BTC's price on a short-lived rally. VettaFi Head of Sector & Industry Research Roxanna Islam discusses her reaction and where she sees the ETF race in the U.S. going from here.

20 oct. 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $28,500 after a false report about a spot ETF approval briefly sent the price of the largest cryptocurrency by market cap to $30,000. MV Capital CIO and partner Tom Dunleavy discusses the potential market impact of a spot bitcoin ETF approval, noting "the only bright spot that everyone's hoping for is that bitcoin ETF."

19 oct. 2023

Bitcoin (BTC)'s price flirted with $29,000 earlier today, after Fidelity amended its spot bitcoin ETF filing. Maple head of growth and capital markets Quinn Thompson shares his crypto markets analysis, as BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told Fox Business that clients across the globe are talking about the need for crypto.

18 oct. 2023