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March 19, 2018 - Regulatory, Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
8 Key Items You Need to Consider Before Staging Your ICO
By: Spencer D. Klein
With over $8.8B raised via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) since 2014, and over 1,200 tokens in circulation with a combined market capitalization of over $300B, it’s not surprising that ICOs are an increasingly popular fundraising tool. In this post, we discuss eight key items
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March 19, 2018 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
Cryptocurrency Compensation: A Primer on Token-Based Awards
By: Alfredo B. D. Silva
These days more and more companies are using virtual tokens to compensate and incentivize founders, directors, employees, and other service providers. For the most part, these token-based awards emulate traditional equity-based awards, but they differ from those awards in some important ways, particularly when
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February 23, 2018 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
Understanding the CFTC’s Proposed Interpretation of “Actual Delivery” for Cryptocurrency Retail Commodity Transactions
Subject to certain exceptions, the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) makes it unlawful to enter into a transaction in any commodity with someone who meets the CEA’s definition of a “retail customer.” Nevertheless, many cryptocurrency platforms currently serve retail customers, relying on the CEA’s “actual
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February 08, 2018 - Regulatory, Blockchain, Fintech
Do You Want to Launch an ICO? Please, Listen to the SEC
By: Spencer D. Klein
The Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jay Clayton, urged market professionals who in any way participate in initial coin offerings (ICOs) to “act responsibly.” Having once stated that all the ICOs he’s seen have had “a sufficient number of hallmarks
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January 23, 2018 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
SEC Staff Raises Concerns Related to Cryptocurrency ETFs and Mutual Funds
By: Kelley A. Howes
On January 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management broke its relative silence regarding the recent growth of cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency-related products. While signaling that registration of funds intending to invest substantially in cryptocurrency and related products is not
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January 22, 2018 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
Five "C"s To Watch in Silicon Valley’s Emerging Venture Capital Ecosystem in 2018
By: Murray A. Indick
In the coming year, start-up businesses and their investors should note the following areas, each of which can be boiled down to a single word that begins with the letter “C”: the importance of having access to the best human capital (“connections”); the likelihood
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January 05, 2018 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
KNO-MO? The Seemingly Small (Yet Actually Chasmic) Gap Between Crypto Knowledge & Crypto Capability
Many consumers are knowledgeable enough about cryptocurrencies to be able to identify which tokens they want to purchase, but not tech-savvy enough to know how to purchase those tokens. Businesses that can provide better instruction on token purchasing or create more user-friendly interfaces are
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September 20, 2017 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech
Why The Delaware Blockchain Initiative Matters To All Dealmakers
By: Geoffrey R. Peck and Mark S. Wojciechowski
Delaware, the state where more than half of all U.S. publicly traded companies are incorporated, has taken steps to facilitate a favorable legal and regulatory environment for the development of blockchain technology. The state’s initiatives are designed to, among other things, enable companies to
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March 20, 2017 - Blockchain
Delaware Paves the Way for the Use of Blockchain Technology
By: Spencer D. Klein
In March 2017, the Corporate Counsel of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association introduced a 43-page draft bill that would amend the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) to, among other things, facilitate Delaware corporations’ use of blockchain technology to keep
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January 14, 2017 - Blockchain, Intellectual Property
A Rush to Patent the Blockchain Is a Sign of the Technology’s Promise
“A potential patent war looms over the blockchain,” according to a January 2017 piece in The Economist. That fight over patent rights to aspects of blockchain technology is a sign of the blockchain’s potential, according to Morrison & Foerster intellectual property partner Colette Reiner
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Topic Archives: Blockchain

8 Key Items You Need to Consider Before Staging Your ICO

By: Spencer D. Klein

Cryptocurrency Compensation: A Primer on Token-Based Awards

By: Alfredo B. D. Silva

Understanding the CFTC’s Proposed Interpretation of “Actual Delivery” for Cryptocurrency Retail Commodity Transactions

Do You Want to Launch an ICO? Please, Listen to the SEC

By: Spencer D. Klein

SEC Staff Raises Concerns Related to Cryptocurrency ETFs and Mutual Funds

By: Kelley A. Howes

Five "C"s To Watch in Silicon Valley’s Emerging Venture Capital Ecosystem in 2018

By: Murray A. Indick

KNO-MO? The Seemingly Small (Yet Actually Chasmic) Gap Between Crypto Knowledge & Crypto Capability

Why The Delaware Blockchain Initiative Matters To All Dealmakers

By: Geoffrey R. Peck and Mark S. Wojciechowski

Delaware Paves the Way for the Use of Blockchain Technology

By: Spencer D. Klein

A Rush to Patent the Blockchain Is a Sign of the Technology’s Promise