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Digital assets: how are they dealt with on divorce?
Posted: 03/05/2023
Digital (or crypto) assets now form part of many people’s financial portfolios. They are commonplace and many are routinely investing in digital assets to diversify their investments. Recent reports have indicated that 1 in 10 people in the UK have some form of crypto asset. The future of how people hold digital assets, and how people interact......>>
More digital asset litigation: round two – the Tulip Trading saga continues
Posted: 03/04/2023
Are blockchain developers liable as fiduciaries or otherwise to bitcoin owners who use their software? This is a question that the Court of Appeal decided ought to be considered when it granted permission for Tulip Trading Limited (Tulip) to appeal the High Court’s conclusion that they were not, in August 2022. You can review our article about this......>>
Decentralised autonomous organisations – the new frontier for corporate structures?
Posted: 09/03/2023
The decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) is a relatively new form of organisational structure, which offers an alternative to traditional corporate structures. This article provides an overview of DAOs and consider whether they really are the future of corporates. A DAO is a digitally native organisation that allows its members to govern......>>
Success for members of Penningtons Manches Cooper’s private wealth group in 2023 Citywealth Powerwomen Awards
Posted: 02/03/2023
Members of Penningtons Manches Cooper’s private wealth sector group – head of family law Anna Worwood and Charlotte Hill, a senior associate in the disputes team specialising in crypto assets – have been named as the winners of their respective categories at the 2023 Citywealth Powerwomen Awards. The awards ceremony took place......>>
No key, no cryptocurrency – when crypto exchanges fail
Posted: 22/12/2022
There have been a number of failures of cryptocurrency exchanges (CEs) over the past 12 months - see, for example, Voyager and Celsius. While each case is different and should not be judged in the round, there are some common themes that apply to many of these cases. It is perhaps helpful to start with the most recent......>>
Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC (competition and markets authority intervening) [2022] EWCA CIV 1297
Posted: 16/11/2022
For the first time since Brexit, the Court of Appeal has recently considered the interplay between the legal frameworks for consumer protection and for international arbitration in a dispute relating to the online auction of a non-fungible token (NFT)......>>
The first crypto insider trading case: the SEC’s charge against ex-Coinbase manager
Posted: 30/09/2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently saw its first insider trading case involving cryptocurrencies. The case comes just weeks after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) brought insider trading charges against an employee of OpenSea, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs)......>>
Second judgment of the Upper Tribunal to emphasise the importance of cryptoasset businesses understanding and complying with their obligations to implement anti-money laundering (AML) measures
Posted: 22/09/2022
The Upper Tribunal has recently published its second judgment concerning the application of the Money Laundering Regulations (2017) (MLRs) to a cryptoasset exchange provider (the first being Gidiplus v FCA). The commentary of the Upper Tribunal in these cases sheds light on the factors that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)......>>
More digital asset litigation: Court of Appeal to analyse the potential duties of blockchain developers
Posted: 31/08/2022
The judgment of the English High Court in March 2022 in Tulip Trading Limited -v- Bitcoin Association for Bitcoin SV (BSV) & Others was a seminal decision in the arena of digital assets. The judgment of Mrs Justice Falk provided comfort to blockchain developers that they are not accountable to users of their software who are victims of a hack......>>
The pending regulations of stablecoins
Posted: 26/07/2022
There is currently no legislation in place as to how digital assets should be dealt with or regulated. The English High Court has for some time now accepted the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s views that cryptocurrencies are classed as a type of property and should be treated accordingly......>>

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