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The State of Wyoming passed a landmark crypto bill to bring DAOs under the purview of existing laws and address pain points synonymous with decentralized organizations. 

The EOS Network Foundation (ENF) advises community members to carefully consider opting out of the $22 million settlement with B1 as the deadline approaches

The EOS Network Foundation (ENF) is taking legal action against Block.one (B1), the team responsible who raised $4 billion in a year-long ICO

Binance has appointed Eleanor Hughes as the new general counsel. Hughes will lead a battery of 85 lawyers

BlockFi customers are pushing for $375m in cryptocurrency to be considered as customer property in the company's Chapter 11 case

Meramask co-founder David Finlay has criticized a new use case for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) which saw the airdrop of an NFT Service Token to the wallet address of the defendant. ‘A Terrible Precedent’ In a tweet thread on Monday (June…

Legal prosecutors in the United States have documented criminal accusations blaming four originators and heads for BitMEX, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency subordinates trades, of dodging rules intended to stop tax evasion.  BitMEX in Troubled Waters The Department of…

Documents from earlier this week showed crypto-finance firm Circle froze a certain USDC address tied to illicit activity, Coindesk reported Thursday. Blocking $100k Circle confirmed the news earlier this week. The so-called Central Consortium blacklisted address – which transferred over…

The Winklevoss Twins had sued Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem for defrauding them of at least 5,000 Bitcoin worth of $31 million at the time of filing suit. Lawyer Tyler Meade misled them into making “legal missteps” that lead them to…

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) group JAMS is trying to get ahead of the curve by launching a practice that specifically focuses on issues involving cryptocurrencies, blockchains, and smart contracts, the company announced in a press release on September 7, 2018.…

As the societal applications of blockchain technology continue to grow, the world is now seeing the once conservative field of law being infiltrated with this innovative technology. Infiltrated may not be the proper term as the Internet Court of Hangzhou…

The distributed ledger technology is now the word of the day. Companies are showing an increased interest in the technology while multiple projects are being developed across several industries. The Freelancing and Outsourcing industry is one of the sectors waiting…

A Washington man has dragged mobile telecommunication giant T-Mobile to court after being walloped by hackers. His cryptocurrency account has been entirely wiped out by the cyber bandits, and now he says it’s the company’s fault. T-Mobile Underfire Carlos Tapang…

Leaders in cryptocurrency will address the future of digital currency, how to buy and trade it and how it will impact U.S. businesses and industries during FinTank CryptoCon 2018, an unprecedented all-day Summit in Chicago, Thursday, February 15, 2018.  Sponsored…

Ross Ulbricht, the convicted admin of the now-defunct darknet marketplace Silk Road, has approached the US Supreme Court seeking legal respite. Challenging Ulbricht’s Conviction Ulbricht was one of the principal figures behind the infamous bazaar, best known as one of…

While there has been a boom in blockchain-related projects and a digital gold rush for tokens, abiding by the law and regulations have become secondary. SmartOne wants to motivate stronger legal and regulatory advice for such projects, which so far…