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In this edition of Forkast Forecasts, the financial regulatory lawyer and partner at King & Wood Mallesons offers her views on digital assets regulation, CBDCs and Asia’s digital transformation.

In interviews, the Ripple CEO told Fortune and the Wall Street Journal that the SEC plans to sue the company in the near future for offering unlicensed securities.

An all-star panel of top cryptocurrency policymakers and other blockchain experts explain the US regulatory system for digital assets and what lies ahead.

DeFi’s explosive growth may be the cryptocurrency world’s biggest story in 2020. But is the industry ignoring risks and cybersecurity gaps?

Proposed federal laws would upend SEC rules for digital tokens and give CFTC sweeping powers. Will it be enough to rein in crypto’s Wild West ways?

SEC’s crackdown comes as more states permit online gambling, putting a further squeeze on the company once backed by celebrities like Ashton Kutcher.

Conflux wins rare endorsements from Shanghai and Hunan provincial governments as other blockchain firms struggle for a toehold on the mainland.

Could blockchain technology and decentralized ID verification have prevented all those VIP Twitter accounts from being commandeered for a bitcoin scam?

Other top news: China’s BSN blockchain network expands global reach. US lets major banks act as crypto custodians. VC in India and Singapore.

The $660 billion Paycheck Protection Program — intended to help America’s small businesses survive the pandemic — also gave financial aid to crypto firms accused of fraud, a Forkast.News investigation found.

Other top news: InterContinental uses blockchain to prove hotel cleanliness. Beijing plans for blockchain in city services. VC in India and Israel.

The US is gold standard for global financial regulations. But if US does not get its act together over crypto, other nations will emerge as leaders in this growing space.

Working from home heightens computer security risks and the need for good data governance. What are the best practices for safeguarding critical data?

The financial watchdog’s ruling would prevent cash from being loaned out for bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. Forkast.News analyzes its likely impact on the sector.

In this episode: Lightning Loop as the Visa of bitcoin, SEC’s crypto safe harbor, and Zcash voting to give 20% of funds to developers

Welcome to The Current Forkast series with Forkast.News Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau and Brian Lio, CEO of blockchain research group Smith + Crown. In this episode we talk about: NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie’s token release, SEC’s warning on Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs), Bitwise investor bulletin

Smith + Crown focuses its attention on headlines and projects it considers as key developments likely to prove influential in determining the course of blockchain events in 2020.

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has announced that they will issue licensed for digital trading platforms in the city, a move which is sure to shake up financial services in Asia. Forkast.News’ Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau had a brief behind-the-scenes interview with Ashley Alder, CEO of the regulator moments before he made the announcement at […]

If I buy a token in an asset-based security token offering, will I own a piece of the property? Am I tokenizing the asset? No. Let’s take real estate as an example. Tokenising the underlying real estate would require tokenization of the Land Registry. This is not what happens. You will most likely own an […]

Why would tokenization of real estate be attractive? Fractional ownership will allow part of an asset to be made available by tokenization. This provides the asset owner with different choices on how to approach the market. For instance, an anchor investor could hold a 40% interest, 30% could be released to other key investors, and […]

Initial coin offerings (ICOs), initial exchange offerings (IEOs), and security token offerings (STOs) are a worldwide phenomenon. After all, a coin or token that has no physical existence apart from some computer code can be easily sent around the world to anyone with an internet connection with a few clicks of a keyboard.   While the […]

Trustless payment methods were the first disruption blockchain brought to the financial industry. The second wave of disruption came about when the ICO boomed in 2017 as a way to reach a larger market of investors through crowdfunding smart contracts on Ethereum. In 2017 alone, ICOs raised around $7 billion. More recently, we’re seeing the […]

Key Highlights The Kik case is the first case that the SEC has brought in litigation that has been contested by the company where there are no allegations of fraud “The SEC has made clear that virtually all ICOs are going to be treated as offerings of securities.” Even if a company is offering ICOs […]

This is the first part of an insight series by Tanner De Witt partner, Pádraig Walsh, in which he gives his legal perspective on security token offerings. In this article, he starts from the basics, and asks and answers what are security token offerings and why we should care. What is a token? A token […]

Solana-based Mad Lads led the NFT sales chart on Thursday.

The iconic CryptoPunks collection tops daily NFT sales, with Ethereum leading all chains.

DMarket leads all NFTs in daily sales despite a slight drop from the previous day.

CryptoPunks tops daily NFT sales, Ethereum blockchain sees significant activity.

MKgirl tops NFT sales with over US$1.1 million in a single day.

DMarket tops daily NFT sales, Ethereum dominates blockchain transactions.

CryptoPunks leads NFT market for third straight day.

CryptoPunks tops daily NFT sales, Ethereum blockchain sees slight uptick.

DMarket returns to the top of the NFT market after conceding the position to BAYC.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club collection topped the NFT market with significant sales.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club collection topped the NFT market with significant sales, outperforming other collections and blockchains.

DMarket tops daily NFT sales for the second consecutive day of this week.

DMarket tops daily NFT sales, Ethereum leads all blockchains.

DMarket tops daily NFT sales, Ethereum leads blockchain transactions.

DMarket tops daily NFT sales for the second consecutive day.

DMarket explodes to the top of the NFT market for the first time since May.

The iconic CryptoPunks collection tops daily NFT sales, while Bitcoin leader NodeMonkes came in second.

Pudgy Penguins NFT collection tops daily sales, Ethereum blockchain sees significant activity.

Mimany tops NFT sales with a significant daily increase, outperforming other collections on the Ethereum blockchain.

NodeMonkes NFT collection tops daily sales, Ethereum blockchain sees a dip in transactions.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club collection tops daily NFT sales, Ethereum blockchain sees big volume bump.

DogeZuki tops daily NFT sales, followed by Solana Monkey Business and Bored Ape Yacht Club.

The Game Girl collection tops daily NFT sales, while Polygon sees a significant increase in transactions.

Solana Monkey Business tops daily sales for the second time this week.

LockDealNFT tops the NFT market with significant sales, outperforming other collections on July 24.

SND edges Pudgy Penguins despite VanEck using the latter in its latest ETF ad.

SMB’s surge in sales marks a significant uptick in the NFT market.

The Solana Monkey Business collection tops the NFT market in daily sales, ending a two-day reign of Gods Unchained.

The Gods Unchained collection tops daily NFT sales, while Ethereum blockchain sees a significant increase in transactions.

The digital collectible card game’s recent surge places it atop the daily NFT market, outperforming other collections with significant sales and buyer engagement.

The new Alien Cats collection topped CryptoSlam’s NFT sales chart on Monday.

Mocaverse tops daily NFT sales, followed by CryptoPunks and DMarket, with Ethereum blockchain seeing a significant daily increase.

Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty, faces a lawsuit alleging his social media activity fueled GameStop’s stock volatility.

21Shares files for a spot Solana ETF, a day after VanEck submitted its application for a similar product with the SEC.

The U.S. State Department increases the reward for information on the fugitive founder of OneCoin.

Hashed Ventures partners with Hub71 to explore MENA’s tech and crypto markets.

Recent analysis points to a potential bottom in Bitcoin’s value, with key metrics signaling a turning point.

CryptoPunks tops daily NFT sales, outperforming other collections, with significant buyer engagement on June 25.

British bank Standard Chartered launches a crypto trading desk for institutional clients, focusing on Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire predicts a surge in stablecoin adoption, potentially reshaping finance.

Blockchain detective ZachXBT identifies Martin Shkreli as DJT token creator, earning a US$150,000 reward from Arkham Intelligence.

Crypto asset manager Hashdex files for a pioneering Bitcoin-Ethereum ETF, targeting SEC approval.

VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF, launching on ASX, marks a pivotal moment for Australian crypto investment.

Helio’s latest update to its Shopify plugin via Solana Pay introduces a broader cryptocurrency acceptance and innovative merchant tools.

MicroStrategy announces a half billion dollar bond sale to fund additional Bitcoin acquisitions.

Terraform Labs and ex-CEO Do Kwon to pay billions in SEC fraud settlement, marking one of the largest penalties in U.S. history.

Ethereum Name Service tops daily NFT sales, followed by significant activity on Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains.

New guidelines by South Korea’s FSC will regulate certain NFTs under cryptocurrency laws.