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Coming from a legal and consulting background, Jordan has been reporting on the legal & regulatory landscape in the digital asset industry since 2020. He is focused on the emergence of digital asset legislation around the world, the nascent legal issues posed by digital assets and digital asset-linked crime.

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Institutional sales of XRP were securities, court rules
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14 July, 2023

Institutional sales of XRP were securities, court rules

The question of whether XRP was an illegal securities offering is over: the court says it was an illegal securities...
Law Commission: Tulip Trading case has brought ‘high degree of certainty’ to law
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7 July, 2023

Law Commission: Tulip Trading case has brought ‘high degree of certainty’ to law

The United Kingdom Law Commission’s report on digital assets included high praise for Dr. Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading case arguing...
Embattled Coinbase unveiled as BlackRock’s ETF partner
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4 July, 2023

Embattled Coinbase unveiled as BlackRock’s ETF partner

While the new filings may be seen as a hopeful sign of a spot BTC ETF possibly gaining an approval,...
Is Ethereum (ETH) a security under US law?
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4 July, 2023

Is Ethereum (ETH) a security under US law?

Buffone Law Group issued the memo warning that Ethereum’s move to proof-of-stake and the Ethereum 2.0 staking programs offered by...
Cøbra’s identity appeal takes aim at open justice
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27 June, 2023

Cøbra’s identity appeal takes aim at open justice

Cøbra, who was successfully sued by Dr. Craig Wright for copyright infringement over his hosting of the Bitcoin white paper,...
Fact-checking the Legal Defense Fund on Tulip Trading’s developer duties case
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26 June, 2023

Fact-checking the Legal Defense Fund on Tulip Trading’s developer duties case

The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is on a PR blitz with its chief legal officer, Jessica Jonas, giving a slate...

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