Former Solicitor General Neal Katyal Makes Argument For Reasonable Bitcoin Re...
At Bitcoin 2022, Constitutional lawyer Neal Katyal argued that Bitcoiners should be open to some regulation to ultimately protect the technology.As one of the world’s most lauded outlines of basic human freedoms and prolific examples of consensus-enforced governing, the U.S. Constitution is often pointed to as a spiritual predecessor of the freedoms and equity promised by Bitcoin.Emphasizing and challenging these parallels, Georgetown University Law Professor Neal Katyal and Justin Wales, the head of legal for North America at bitcoin exchange Crypto.com, addressed Bitcoin 2022 attendees....
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Grayscale, the biggest crypto asset manager worldwide, has hired Donald B. Verrilli, the former Solicitor General of former US President Obama. This deal aims to get the SEC’s (Securities and Exchange Commission’s) approval of Bitcoin ETF for spot trading by changing its BTC trust into an ETF. The platform believes Verrilli can come to be […]
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A similar decision was also made on Wednesday regarding Bitwise’s Bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) citing the same reasons. Grayscale has announced a legal challenge to the latest rejection of its application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a spot-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by the Securities and Exchange Commission.It announced that its Senior Legal Strategist, former U.S. Solicitor General, and partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. had filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia....
A bitcoin trader in Scotland has had thousands of pounds returned to him after they were seized by police during a money laundering investigation in May. According to Herald Scotland, Max Flores' money was returned to him last month, following his solicitor's appeal. The trader - who is unsure as to whether the seizure will have a negative effect on his credit rating - estimates he lost approximately £1,200 of his original £5,500 in legal fees. Laura Irvine, an associate at bto solicitors, told the Herald that her customers' money had been seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, which....