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Did the FTX Bankruptcy Kill the Crypto Star?

Brian DeChesare

The direct impact on fields like investment banking and private equity is limited-to-nonexistent, but if you’re interested in industries like sales & trading or venture capital , there will be some spillover: The FTX Bankruptcy: What Happened? billion of illiquid crypto tokens, $3.2 It raised over $1.8

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Latham & Watkins Discusses SEC’s Strategic Plan

Reynolds Holding

The SEC will continue to focus on investor education and outreach that addresses diverse and underserved communities as well as on emerging and popular investment topics. This scope would include centralized or decentralized (DeFi) exchanges, as well as crypto lending platforms that transact in securities.

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2022 End-of-Year Reader Q&A: Bank and School Rankings, the “New Normal” Environment, Twitter and Other Bad Deals, and Plans for Next Year

Brian DeChesare

Just look at the financial markets, the crypto meltdown, deal volume at banks, inflation, energy prices, Russia/Ukraine, supply chains, and the hiring environment in tech and finance. But let’s start with my favorite topic: “ranking” banks, schools, and maybe a TV series or three. Bank, School, Dragon, and TV Rankings.

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SEC Chair Gensler Talks Security-Based Swaps Market to ISDA

Reynolds Holding

When I first appeared before this group, as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Washington was still developing the regulatory response to the 2008 financial crisis. Under Dodd-Frank, Congress determined that the security-based swap markets would benefit from more transparency, both pre-trade and post-trade.

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update

Reynolds Holding

SPAC and crypto-related filings continue to be a focus of plaintiffs’ attorneys, even as the nature of these suits continues to evolve. Initially, the activist was approached by Sanofi with an initial offer to buy Bioverativ, but rather than alerting the board, the activist engaged in conduct violating Bioverativ’s insider trading policy.

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Gibson Dunn Offers 2022 Year-End Securities Litigation Update

Reynolds Holding

In notable contrast to prior years, however, the number of crypto unregistered securities cases increased considerably, from just one in 2021 to 16 in 2022. Filings By Industry Sector As shown in Figure 2 below, the distribution of non-merger objection and non-crypto unregistered securities filings in 2022 was largely consistent with 2021.

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NFTs explained: Hear from the expert

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For instance, let’s say you wanted to trade a cow for two goats. Each animal is unique, but they are assigned a value that can be used for trading and are not simply interchangeable. Their uniqueness plays a special role in their trade and owner’s perception of its value. Android also has a platform to develop apps.