Julian Pipolo

Apr 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Julian Pipolo |Ankita Rao |Gréta Müller |Cornelius Hille |Tobias Bauerfeind |Ashleigh Smithson

Welcome to this month's Global Digital Assets Digest. In the UK, we have news on the consultation concerning the digital securities sandbox, as well as the latest minutes from the CBDC forum. In the EU, ESMA has been busy issuing publications in relation to its various mandates under MiCA. ESMA has also provided an update on the status of the implementation of the EU DLT Pilot Regime.

Feb 6, 2023 | lexology.com | Julian Pipolo |Matthew Blycha

What you need to know about how the courts are handling cryptocurrencies. What you need to knowCourts have struggled with whether cryptoassets can be classified as 'property' in the traditional legal sense, but generally appear to have accepted it is a form of property. This has ramifications for attempts to recover cryptoassets. Where cryptoassets are the subject of a dispute, there remains conjecture over which jurisdiction will be enlivened. The courts are yet to reach a consensus on this point.