Amy Greer

Jul 27, 2023 | blockchain.bakermckenzie.com | Jennifer L. Klass |Amy Greer |Gavin Meyers |Aiden O'Leary

On July 13, 2023, Judge Analisa Torres of the United States District Court or the Southern District of New York issued an Order on competing motions for summary judgment in the closely followed litigation. As the first court decision to broadly address the question of whether a cryptocurrency itself is a security, as the SEC has maintained it is in most circumstances, the Order may have broad implications to the state of crypto industry regulation in the US.

Apr 27, 2023 | blockchain.bakermckenzie.com | Amy Greer |Jennifer L. Klass |Gavin Meyers

On April 14, 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reopened the comment period and provided supplemental information on proposed amendments to Rule 3b-16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) which defines certain terms used in the definition of “exchange” in Section 3(a)(1) of the Exchange Act..