London Digital Asset Week will be focusing on two separate overriding subject areas across different summits during the week. Their goal is to bring the traditional funding and listing players together with new digital exchange and platform opportunities, and to advocate for the institutional adoption of digital assets.

On September 7, 2021, El Salvador became "the world's first crypto-nation.

The SEC sued a crypto lending platform and its top executives alleging they were involved in a global $2 billion fraud, confirming the SEC’s recent commitment to enforcement actions relating to digital asset and crypto investment misconduct.

The U.S. Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is hosting a week-long live event, Government Blockchain Week. Blockchain is increasing in popularity amongst all different fields and inspiring topics such as NFTs, law enforcement, cryptocurrency etc. Government Blockchain Week will explore “the future of money, governance and the law.”

Elizabeth Lan Davis, Murphy & McGonigle’s Chair, will be speaking at the {DeFi}ntech Retreat 2021 in Malibu, California on September 8. Ms. Davis will be joining a panel to discuss regulation in the fintech and blockchain spaces, alongside state government regulators and blockchain professionals. To see more blockchain events, please go to our Events section.

Matthew Comstock of the firm’s FinTech & Blockchain Practice authored an article regarding Securities and Exchange Commission jurisdiction over crypto assets in the Expert Analysis section of Law360 (8/26/21). In the article, Mr. Comstock analyzes the SEC’s stance on cryptocurrency and provides expert insight as to why the SEC believes it is uniquely qualified to protect the investing public.