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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.

Article by Jordan Atkins

Taproot: Centralized changes put every BTC user at risk
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10 August, 2021

Taproot: Centralized changes put every BTC user at risk

What the Taproot update does is make the responsibility for laundered coins to fall more broadly on the shoulders of...
Bitcoin ecosystem rallies to repel doomed re-org attacks
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5 August, 2021

Bitcoin ecosystem rallies to repel doomed re-org attacks

Bitcoin Association confirms that the attacks against the Bitcoin SV network—which started in early July—have resumed this week and are...
Bitmart exchange asks NY court to prevent asset transfers associated with BSV re-org attack
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28 July, 2021

Bitmart exchange asks NY court to prevent asset transfers associated with BSV re-org attack

The filing says that following the July attack on BSV which saw malicious double spending of ‘fake’ BSV tokens, hackers...
Ripple accidentally makes a good point in SEC defense: why isn’t ETH an unregistered security too?
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22 July, 2021

Ripple accidentally makes a good point in SEC defense: why isn’t ETH an unregistered security too?

Based on the legal test for determining whether something is a security or not (Howey), the SEC has a case....
USDC: Coinbase is involved with 2 stablecoin scams?
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21 July, 2021

USDC: Coinbase is involved with 2 stablecoin scams?

While the sheer size of the Tether and USDT scheme makes them lightning rod for stablecoin criticism, they aren’t the...
Coinbase listing the first act in an industry-wide exit strategy
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19 July, 2021

Coinbase listing the first act in an industry-wide exit strategy

One of the most recognizable digital asset service providers still left standing from a bygone era in crypto, Coinbase was...

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