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On 31 March, 12 jurisdictions which are deemed by the OECD to have “no or only nominal tax” (including Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman...

As the use of cryptocurrencies by investors continues to grow so too does the opportunity for fraud in the cryptocurrency sector. In the...

The Law Commission has recently published advice to the Government concluding that English common law is sufficiently flexible to deal...

On 18 January 2022, HM Treasury (HMT) published its response to its July 2020 consultation paper on cryptoasset promotions. This was...

While the hype around memecoins continues and charts showing 10,000% profits go viral, there is scope for subtler disruption from crypto...

The Council of the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA Council) has clamped down on Crypto.com (a payment and cryptocurrency trading...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced its first ever seizure of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as part of a £1.4m VAT fraud...

In a speech at Innovate Finance Global Summit on Monday 4 April, John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, set out the UK...

Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) have become a topic of significant interest for intellectual property owners, content creators, investors,...

In a recently unsealed court document from the US, the judge quoted comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in support of his unequivocal...

While opinions are divided — its development has been both glorified and reviled, along with everything in between — there appears to be...

As trailed by the Treasury back in April, HMRC has published a consultation on expanding the list of “investment transactions’” which...

Since December 2021, UK organisations have been providing welcome safeguards for consumers dabbling in the unregulated world of...

The pressure on the cryptocurrency market continues to yield further turmoil, with news of crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s...

The case of D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others [2022] EWHC 1723 (Ch) raises two important developments in the rapidly developing field...

The most recent in a flurry of proposed class action proceedings brought before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is a £9.9bn claim...