The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk recently issued an advisory providing guidance to exchanges and clearinghouses regarding virtual currency derivatives to be listed or cleared.  Entities already listing or clearing virtual currency derivatives, as well as those considering doing so, should be aware of the compliance and enforcement implications stemming from the advisory.

A cryptocurrency sweep announced by NASAA comes on the heels of an in-depth report from the Wall Street Journal on red flags in the ICO market.

Oral arguments in U.S. v. Zaslavskiy presented a federal judge with the question of whether an initial coin offering is governed by the securities laws.

As states continue investigating virtual currencies, New York is seeking information from virtual currency exchanges in an effort to promote investor education.

Recent cases have distilled some of the crypto-specific legal issues that companies are facing in litigation.

An issuer of a coin or token in an initial coin offering “generally” is a money transmitter under Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s regulations, FinCEN indicated in a letter it made public on March 6, 2018.