Background On 11 July 2024, the Law Commission published a scoping paper (the Scoping Paper) on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations...
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On 18 June 2024, the European Commission (Commission) launched a targeted consultation to better understand and shape the future of...
On 15 July 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Services Regulator (PSR) published a call for information (CFI) on...
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...
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A recent Second Circuit decision underscores that decentralized crypto exchanges with no claimed “home” jurisdiction face a substantial...
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When it comes to the remote identification of clients for Anti Money Laundering (AML) purposes, Germany has taken a quite unique stance....
Background Since 2016, Dr Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist, has been asserting intellectual property rights against...
On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their...
As we did in 2021, 2022, 2023 we have crowdsourced some fintech predictions for the year ahead from the EU Freshfields Fintech team,...
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...