Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges

This article discusses the potential criminal and civil penalties that companies can face if their employees engage in insider trading in digital assets, and suggests several measures that exchanges can take to reduce their exposure from such risks.

9 minute read January 01, 2022 at 12:05 AM
By
Nola B. Heller and Samson Enzer
Potential Criminal and Civil Penalties of Digital Asset Exchanges

Imagine the following. An employee of the proprietary trading arm of a digital asset trading exchange learns confidential information from a colleague in another division that their employer will soon be publicly listing a new cryptocurrency token for trading on the exchange.

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