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On 16 December 2024 the FCA published its much-anticipated Discussion Paper on (i) cryptoasset admissions and disclosures and (ii) the...
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Finally! Avid readers of Freshfields blogs might remember from our post last autumn that the UK government and financial regulators in...
On 30 July 2024 the Law Commission of England and Wales published a supplemental report and amended draft bill which would introduce a...
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The harmonisation of European financial services law for cryptocurrencies is approaching with great strides, or is it? As per the...
Background Since 2016, Dr Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, has been asserting intellectual property rights against...
In its recent decision in Mooij v Persons Unknown [2024] WHC 814 (Comm), the High Court of England and Wales granted summary judgment and...
The Law Commission of England and Wales recently announced two updates regarding digital assets – a consultation on the introduction of a...
Overview Frequent readers of this blog know that we have been keeping a watchful eye on the UK’s evolving approach to the potential...
The regulation of cryptoassets around the world is an evolving landscape. In the EU, for example, the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...
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In the area of crypto regulation, two opposite forces currently collide. On the one hand, the European regulatory framework, MiCA (or...
In a further example of UK cryptoasset regulation, the FCA recently published its Guidance on Cryptoasset Financial Promotions (here)...
On 30 October 2023, HM Treasury (HMT) published three documents setting out how the UK government plans to regulate cryptoassets going...