by dcadmin | Jan 23, 2024 | Auditor or Accountant, Blockchain Participant, Company Officer, Company Owner, Financial Adviser or Investor
Do you wonder how the government receives information that leads it to open an investigation? Good question. An investigation may be sparked in a myriad of ways. Years ago, it might have been from a Wall Street Journal or New York Times article in the morning paper...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Blockchain Participant
Digital assets are based on blockchains, which are chains of transaction blocks. They include cryptocurrencies, which use their own blockchains, and “crypto tokens [that] are built on an existing blockchain.” Cryptopedia, Digital Assets: Cryptocurrencies vs....
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Blockchain Participant
A digital asset need not be a financial product generally or a cryptocurrency specifically1; it can be a digital collectible—a blockchain-tracked, non-duplicable digital item or image. Digital collectibles are becoming a popular product in an emerging industry; such a...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Blockchain Participant
Introduction In 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) established an agency-wide program dedicated to shutting down the cryptocurrency industry: what we call the cryptocurrency-suppression program (“Suppression Program”).1 The...
by Adriaen Morse | Jan 9, 2024 | Blockchain Participant
The SEC defines everything from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum to digital tokens that are tracked on the blockchain as “digital assets” that may be regulated as a security. Learn more about our blockchain practice here. SEC’s...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Auditor or Accountant, Blockchain Participant, Company Officer, Company Owner, Financial Adviser or Investor
How did we come to the government’s attention? Many clients wonder how the government came to focus on them. Where did the original information come from? How did the government learn about our audit client or us? The answer will vary, of course, and it may be...
