Regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies : national and international perspectives / / Rosario Girasa

• Autore: Girasa Rosario J.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (406 pages)
• Disciplina: 332.4
• Soggetto topico: Bitcoin; Electronic funds transfers; Electronic funds transfers - Law and legislation
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Table of Cases -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Digital Transformation -- Introduction -- Definitions and Types of Non-Fiat Currencies -- Money -- Back to Basics: What Is Money? -- Reasons for the Rise of Digital Currencies -- Types of Currencies -- Digital Currencies -- Virtual Currencies -- Cryptocurrencies -- Key Actors in Digital Technology38 -- Benefits and Risks of Digital Currencies -- Benefits of Digital Currencies -- Risks of Digital Currencies -- US Government Agencies' Risks Advisories -- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) -- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) -- Government Services Administration (GSA) -- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- Federal Reserve Board (FED) -- International Risk Assessments -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- Financial Stability Board (FSB) -- European Union Supervisory Authorities (ESAS) -- European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) -- Nobel Laureates' Concerns -- Notes -- 2 Technology Underlying Cryptocurrencies and Types of Cryptocurrencies -- Blockchain Technology -- Types of Blockchain Technology -- Uses of Blockchain Technology -- Banks and Blockchain Technology -- Varieties of Cryptocurrencies -- Bitcoin -- How Bitcoin Works -- Mining -- Ethereum -- Smart Contracts -- Comparison of Bitcoin and Ethereum -- Other Variations of Cryptocurrencies -- Forks -- Altcoins -- Sidecoin -- Sidechain -- Litecoin -- Bitcoin Cash (BTH) -- ApeCoin -- Dogecoin -- Cardano -- Ripple -- Monero -- Digital Tokens (Cryptotokens) -- Types of Tokens -- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) -- What Are Non-Fungible Tokens? -- Rewards and Risks of NFTs -- Legal Issues Affecting NFTs -- NFT Civil Litigation -- NFT Criminal Enforcement -- Crypto NFT Scheme-U.S. v. Le Anh Tuan116. ; Money Laundering-U.S. v. Nguyen and Llacuna118 -- Money Laundering and NFT-FinCEN Report -- International Regulation of NFTs -- Web3 and Metaverse -- Web3 -- Metaverse -- North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Warning -- Wrapped Assets -- Stablecoins, Wrapped Assets, and NFTS Comparison -- Decentralized Finance -- Notes -- 3 Federal Regulation of Virtual Currencies -- Introduction -- Jurisdiction -- SEC v. Shavers -- Gordon v. Dailey -- Alibaba Group Holding v Alibabacoin Foundation -- Virtual Currencies as Money -- Audet v. Fraser33 -- US Government Agencies Concerned with Virtual Currencies -- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) -- SEC Chairman Commentaries -- Risks of ICO Investments -- SEC First Enforcement Action: REcoin -- The DAO Conundrum -- SEC v. Munchee Inc. -- SEC Warnings to Social Media -- SEC and Crypto Co. and SEC v. Telegram -- SEC Disapproval of NYSE Proposed Rule Change -- Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) Liability? -- Electronic Trading Funds (ETFs) -- Ponzi and Unregistered Securities Scheme-US v. Pires, Goncalves, and Nicholas97 -- Crypto Initial Coin Offering Scheme-US v. Stollery98 -- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) -- Prohibited Activities -- In re Coinflip, Inc. -- CFTC v. Bitfinex -- CFTC v. My Big Coin Pay, Inc.106 -- CFTC v. LedgerX, LLC and TeraExchange -- Crypto Commodities and Ponzi Scheme-US v. Saffron118 -- CME, CBOE, and Cantor Exchanges -- Authority Over Bitcoin Interpretation -- CFTC Self-Certification Announcement -- Consumer Protection Resource Page -- US Department of Justice Attorney General's Cyber-Digital Task Force -- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) -- FinCEN's Guidance to Persons Administrating, Exchanging, or Using Virtual Currencies133 -- FinCEN's Ruling Concerning Virtual Currency Software Development January 30, 2014143. ; FinCEN's Ruling Concerning Convertible Virtual Currency Trading and Booking Platform145 -- FinCEN's Application of Money Transmission to Virtual Currency Mining147 -- FinCEN and IVAN -- Requirements When Designated as a Money Services Business -- US v. Lord -- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) -- Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments -- OFAC Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry -- Sealed Criminal Complaint Against US Unidentified Person -- Federal Reserve Board (FED) -- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) -- Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) -- Federal Trade Commission -- FTC and Butterfly Labs -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) -- North American Securities Administrators Association -- Notes -- 4 Alternatives to Traditional Virtual Currencies: Stablecoins and Central Banks Digital Currencies -- Stablecoins -- Models of Stablecoins -- Advantages and Risks of Stablecoins -- Advantages of Stablecoins -- Risks of Stablecoins -- US Government Regulation of Stablecoins -- Stablecoin Cases -- Tether-Federal and NYS Sanctions -- TerraUSD (UST) -- International Regulation of Stablecoins -- G7 Report -- IMF Cautionary Note -- European Union and Stablecoins -- US Senate Proposed Bills -- Central Banks and Cryptocurrencies -- Central Banks' Role and Mission -- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) -- Definition and Distinction from Other Digital Currencies -- Reasons for Rise of CBDC -- Benefits of CBDCs -- Risks of CBDCs -- Foundational Principles and Features of CBDCs -- European Union and CBDC -- Countries' Adoption of CBDC -- US Future Adoption of CBDC? -- President Biden's Executive Order No. 14067 Concerning CBDCs54 -- Responses to President Biden's Executive Order 14067 -- CBDC Framework -- Project Hamilton -- CBDCs and Stablecoins -- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision -- Notes. ; 5 Criminal Prosecutions and Civil Litigation Concerning Blockchain Technologies -- Criminal Prosecutions -- Statutory Prohibitions -- U.S. v. Murgio -- U.S. v. BTC-e -- US v. Lichtenstein and Morgan -- BitConnect Ponzi Scheme -- North Korean Prosecutions -- US v. Jon Chang Hyok21 -- US v. Ghaleb Alaumary -- Lazarus Group Hackers -- March 29, 2022, Incident -- Darknet Prosecutions -- US v. Budovsky (Liberty Reserve) -- US v. Harmon -- US v. Cazes (AlphaBay) -- US v. Binh Thanh Le -- US v. Prihar -- Darknet and Child Pornography -- US v. Jong Woo Son -- Darknet Continuing Arrests -- Operation DisrupTor -- Operation Bayonet (Alpha Bay and Hansa) -- Ransomware -- Sodinokibi/REvil Ransomware -- Yaroslav Vasinskyi -- Ransomware Task Force Recommendations -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) -- ICC v. Hubbard (PDXBlack) -- "Silk Road" Prosecutions -- The Tor Project, Inc. -- US v. Ulbricht (Computer Hardware Bitcoins) -- US v. Benthall -- US v. Shrem and Faiella -- US v. Force68 and US v. Bridges69 -- First US Cryptocurrency Sanctions Criminal Proceeding -- Bitcoin as Money -- President Biden's Executive Order No. 1406782 -- Agencies' Response to Executive Order -- Department of Justice with Input of Other Agencies -- President Biden's Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets -- SEC Civil Enforcement -- Ripple Labs and R3 -- SEC v. PlexCorps. -- SEC v. Voorhees -- SEC v. Sand Hill Exchange -- SEC v. Willner -- SEC v. UBI Blockchain Internet, Ltd. -- SEC v. Wahi -- CFTC Civil Enforcement -- CFTC v. Gelfman -- CFTC v. McDonnell -- CFTC v. Dean -- CFTC v. HDR Global Trading LTD.112 -- CFTC v. McAfee -- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) -- Hydra Market, Garantex, SUEX, CHATEX, Darknet Coordination -- Notes -- 6 States' Regulation of Virtual Currencies -- Money Transmission State Laws. ; Proposed Uniform Virtual Currency Codes -- Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Business Act -- Conference of State Bank Supervisors: Model Framework (CSBS) -- CSBS' Model Money Transmission Modernization Act -- States Requiring Licenses for Virtual Currency Businesses21 -- Alabama -- Alaska -- Arizona -- Arkansas -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- District of Columbia -- Florida -- Georgia -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Nevada -- New York -- North Carolina -- Texas -- Vermont -- Virginia -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wyoming -- Miscellaneous States Giving Recognition to Virtual Currencies -- Hawaii -- Massachusetts -- New Jersey -- States That Have Not Enacted Legislation Concerning Virtual Currencies -- California -- Colorado -- Kansas -- Maryland -- Missouri -- Miscellaneous States -- Notes -- 7 Taxation of Virtual Currencies -- Environmental, Social and Governance Considerations -- Protection of Intellectual Property Rights -- Antitrust -- and Cybersecurity -- Taxation of Virtual Currencies -- Virtual Currency as Property for Tax Purposes -- Jarrett V. USA.14 -- IRS Guidance on Hard Forks and Air Drops -- Internal Revenue Service Guidance on Crowdfunding and Virtual Currency -- Crowdfunding -- Enforcement -- Blockchain Advantages for Crowdfunding -- Tax Aspects of Crowdfunding -- The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)44 -- Internal Revenue Service Enforcement of Regulations -- Subpoenas as a Method to Investigate Tax Fraud Cases -- US V. Coinbase -- Chainalsis and the IRS -- Congressional Proposals to Tax Virtual Currency Transactions -- Taxation of Charitable Donations of Crypto-Assets -- Environmental, Social, and Governance Considerations (ESG) -- President Biden's Initiatives -- SEC Proposed Rule -- International Efforts -- Intellectual Property Rights -- IPR Basics -- IPRs and NFTs -- Regulations Relating to Cybersecurity. ; Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015111.
• Titolo autorizzato: Regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies
• ISBN: 9783031218125; 9783031218118
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910634050603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave studies in financial services technology series.