CRYPTOCURRENCY

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A blockchain is a cryptographically secured ledger. According to the United States District Court Southern District of New York in SEC v. Binance Holdings Limited, a blockchain uses cryptographically secured technologies to ensure the...

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In January 2018, David Suski opened a Coinbase account. Suski v. Marden-Kane. Upon opening his account, Suski agreed to the arbitration provision listed in the Coinbase User Agreement. Suski v. Coinbase. The User Agreement’s arbitration provision...

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Convertible virtual currency (CVC) is a category of virtual currency. One subcategory of CVC is cryptocurrency. The key lies in its convertibility. Both the IRS and FinCEN have defined CVC in two dimensions:

Whether its value is...
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Federal courts and federal governmental agencies hold the view that cryptocurrency is a subcategory of virtual currency. Yet, there is no single definition of virtual currency or cryptocurrency at this time. In fact, the term cryptocurrency...

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The definition of distributed ledger technology (DLT) appears in federal legislation, such as 42 U.S.C. § 19222, in state legislation, such as in Arkansas and Tennessee, as well as in reports published by the U.S. Government Accountability...