19 Dec, 2019 PANEL - Digital Asset Trading and Investment: Understanding the New Asset Class and its Risks By A&O Shearman BERYL ELITES KNOWLEDGE CENTER PANEL - Digital Asset Trading and Investment: Understanding the new asset class and its risk management...
12 Dec, 2019 Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Publishes Report on Wholesale Digital Token By Shearman FinTech The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) has published a report on wholesale digital tokens. The report focuses on how...
05 Dec, 2019 EU Statement on Stablecoins By Shearman FinTech The Council of the European Union and the European Commission have published a joint statement on stablecoins. The statement reiterates...
18 Nov, 2019 UK Legal Statement on CryptoAssets and Smart Contracts By Shearman FinTech The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce has published a legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts under English private law. UKJT is part...
04 Nov, 2019 Shearman & Sterling and the Global Blockchain Business Council Convene Panel on Stablecoins By Shearman FinTech Shearman & Sterling and the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) convened a panel on Monday to discuss the world’s most talked about...
01 Nov, 2019 Jay Baris Authors Chapter in Global Legal Insights: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2020 By Shearman FinTech Partner Jay Baris (New York-Investment Funds) authored a chapter titled "The custody of digital assets – 2020" in the latest Global Legal...
31 Oct, 2019 Paxos Awarded No-Action Letter for Blockchain-Based Equity Securities Settlement Platform By Shearman FinTech On October 28, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a no-action letter to Paxos Trust Company that will allow the...
22 Oct, 2019 Distilling U.S. Regulatory Environment and Market Access Considerations for Growing FinTechs By Shearman FinTech The rise of global FinTech has brought markets together and enabled cross-border business formation and innovation, but local regulations...
21 Oct, 2019 SEC Order Freezes Alleged Unregistered Digital Token Offering By Shearman FinTech Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained a temporary restraining order freezing an alleged unregistered...
18 Oct, 2019 Financial Stability Board to Assess Potential Risks of Stablecoin By Shearman FinTech The Financial Stability Board has published a report on regulatory issues arising with respect to so-called stablecoins. The FSB defines...
18 Oct, 2019 G7 Working Group Reports on the Impact of Global Stablecoin By Shearman FinTech The G7 working group on stablecoins has published a report investigating the impact of global stablecoins. The working group is comprised...
15 Oct, 2019 Shearman & Sterling Demo Day with Empire Startups By Shearman FinTech Donna Parisi Our Demo Day event with Empire Startups in Lower Manhattan brought together nearly a hundred members from the venture community,...