12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM 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...
12/12/2019 12:00:00 AM Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Publishes Report on Wholesale Digital Token By A&O Shearman The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) has published a report on wholesale digital tokens. The report focuses on how...
12/5/2019 12:00:00 AM EU Statement on Stablecoins By A&O Shearman The Council of the European Union and the European Commission have published a joint statement on stablecoins. The statement reiterates...
11/18/2019 12:00:00 AM UK Legal Statement on CryptoAssets and Smart Contracts By A&O Shearman The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce has published a legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts under English private law. UKJT is part...
11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM Shearman & Sterling and the Global Blockchain Business Council Convene Panel on Stablecoins By A&O Shearman Shearman & Sterling and the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) convened a panel on Monday to discuss the world’s most talked about...
11/1/2019 12:00:00 AM Jay Baris Authors Chapter in Global Legal Insights: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2020 By A&O Shearman Partner Jay Baris (New York-Investment Funds) authored a chapter titled "The custody of digital assets – 2020" in the latest Global Legal...
10/31/2019 12:00:00 AM Paxos Awarded No-Action Letter for Blockchain-Based Equity Securities Settlement Platform By A&O Shearman On October 28, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded a no-action letter to Paxos Trust Company that will allow the...
10/22/2019 12:00:00 AM Distilling U.S. Regulatory Environment and Market Access Considerations for Growing FinTechs By A&O Shearman The rise of global FinTech has brought markets together and enabled cross-border business formation and innovation, but local regulations...
10/21/2019 12:00:00 AM SEC Order Freezes Alleged Unregistered Digital Token Offering By A&O Shearman Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) obtained a temporary restraining order freezing an alleged unregistered...
10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM Financial Stability Board to Assess Potential Risks of Stablecoin By A&O Shearman The Financial Stability Board has published a report on regulatory issues arising with respect to so-called stablecoins. The FSB defines...
10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM G7 Working Group Reports on the Impact of Global Stablecoin By A&O Shearman The G7 working group on stablecoins has published a report investigating the impact of global stablecoins. The working group is comprised...
10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM Shearman & Sterling Demo Day with Empire Startups By Donna Parisi Our Demo Day event with Empire Startups in Lower Manhattan brought together nearly a hundred members from the venture community,...