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Crypto Collapse Gives View of 'Property' Values In the Metaverse Image

Crypto Collapse Gives View of 'Property' Values In the Metaverse

Jack Rogers

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.

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Live Webinar: The Crypto Landscape Post-FTX

CLS Staff

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.

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Live Webinar: The Crypto Landscape Post-FTX

IPS Staff

"The Crypto Landscape Post-FTX," Feb. 15 at 4 p.m. ET, NY Cyber CLE credits available.

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Cryptocurrency: Rich In Investment Opportunity; Ripe for Fraud Schemes Image

Cryptocurrency: Rich In Investment Opportunity; Ripe for Fraud Schemes

Melissa Davis & Mark Parisi

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.

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What the SEC May Be Signaling Through Its Approach to NFTs and F-NFTs Image

What the SEC May Be Signaling Through Its Approach to NFTs and F-NFTs

Mark Cianci, Charles Humphreville, Kelley Chandler & Ty Owen

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.

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FTX Bankruptcy Sends Tremors Through Crypto Regulation Image

FTX Bankruptcy Sends Tremors Through Crypto Regulation

Steven Salkin

The sudden and spectacular crash of crypto-exchange FTX will send long-lasting tremors through both the nation's financial regulatory and bankruptcy landscapes.

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What Can We Learn from the FTX Bankruptcy? Image

What Can We Learn from the FTX Bankruptcy?

Steven Salkin

The sudden and spectacular crash of crypto-exchange FTX will send long-lasting tremors through both the nation's financial regulatory and bankruptcy landscapes.

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Insider Trading Evolving Beyond Just Securities As DOJ Targets NFTS and Crypto Image

Insider Trading Evolving Beyond Just Securities As DOJ Targets NFTS and Crypto

Robert J. Anello & Richard F. Albert

In two recent notable cases involving NFTs and cryptocurrency markets, the DOJ has brought insider trading charges under the wire fraud statute without claiming that any securities were involved. These cases demonstrate the substantial flexibility federal prosecutors have — or at least believe they have — in charging insider trading and underscore the oft-recognized need for a federal statute expressly addressing insider trading.

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Arm Yourself Against Crypto Regulatory Uncertainty

Kristin L. Burnett

The promise that the crypto and digital assets markets bring comes bundled with uncertainty — especially on the regulatory front. Until jurisdictions adopt unified and consistent frameworks that account for the unique facets and features of cryptocurrencies, institutional investors and other market participants must keep abreast of ever-changing, dynamic laws to avoid sanctions and fines.

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Cybercrime and Bankruptcy: The Crypto Winter Image

Cybercrime and Bankruptcy: The Crypto Winter

Sean J. Coughlin & Vivian B. Isaboke

It comes as no surprise that the crypto winter has reinforced the perception of critics that digital currencies are "risky, flawed and unproven digital financial instruments." This article analyzes the state of the cryptocurrency market and examines the impact of cybercrimes and crypto bankruptcies on the current market.

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