Most agree that internet deepfake (deep learning + fake) content is widespread and may be used to manipulate the public, attack personal rights, infringe intellectual property and cause personal data difficulties. However, little agreement exists as to who is legally liable for internet AI deepfake content.
Digital assets have created a jurisdictional tug of war between the SEC and the CFTC over whether cryptocurrencies should be regulated as commodities or securities. Also tugging on that rope sit those who say cryptocurrencies are neither, and need new bespoke rules.
NFTs are unique identifiers stored on a blockchain which represent ownership of a particular asset in the digital or physical world. They are typically created and transferred on a smart contract platform such as Ethereum or Solana. However, NFTs have recently come to the Bitcoin blockchain, which is an exciting development for several reasons.
Listen in on a post-webinar chat on "The Crypto Landscape: Post-FTX," with Blockchain Legal LLP partner Aaron Krowne and counsel Ali Derie, along with veteran entertainment industry lawyer Eric S. Goldman, about cryptocurrency's rocky recent past (and present) as well as its still-promising, if uncertain, future.
Attorneys and consultants involved in the FTX bankruptcy have asked the District of Delaware bankruptcy court to approve billed hours and expenses totaling just under $37 million for the first six weeks of Chapter 11 proceedings.
Before CRE owners and operators create that experiential virtual shopping mall or virtual office on a metaverse platform for their tenants, they need to make sure the tenants won't decide that the virtual experience is so good that they no longer have any use for the built portfolio.
On Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. ET, Cybersecurity Law & Strategy will present a complimentary live webinar titled "The Crypto Landscape Post-FTX." The presentation will cover the current status and near-future outlook for the blockchain (crypto) sector.
"The Crypto Landscape Post-FTX," Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. ET, NY Cyber CLE credits available.
The recent implosion of FTX Trading leaves investors and their advisers wondering whether any crypto investment is safe. There have been dozens of cryptocurrency-related fraud schemes in recent years including Ponzi schemes and investment schemes using crypto and the blockchain to facilitate the fraud scheme.
Recent actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), together with certain statements by SEC commissioners, may indicate a shift in approach toward a rebuttable presumption that digital assets are securities, without deference to formal legal tests.
