Doug Cornelius on compliance for private equity real estate
In a completely unsurprising statement, a high-ranking official at the Securities and Exchange Commission said that Bitcoins are not securities. William Hinman, Director, Division of Corporation Finance at the SEC, gave detailed speech on cryptocurrency. When we see that kind of economic transaction, it is easy to apply the Supreme Court’s “investment contract” test first … Read more »
Regulators have been trying to figure out what to do with the new currencies coming to the marketplace. Bitcoin was the vanguard, bringing its blockchain technology into the public’s view. The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a Report of Investigation that provides some insight into when these currencies and their rollouts are going to violate securities … Read more »