XRP – The NFTtorney

Off the Blockchain+, March 17-24, 2025

With March Madness in full swing, the Southeastern Conference wasn’t the only SEC making noise last week, with the federal agency version of the SEC seemingly dropping its appeal in Ripple and releasing staff guidance on proof of work mining. On the legislative front, stablecoin bills are moving full speed ahead, and M&A activity continuesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 17-24, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, February 24-March 3, 2025

Early in the week, it was blood in the streets with crypto reaching lows unheard of since (checks notes) November. Then President Trump announced a surprise U.S. crypto reserve over the weekend of not just BTC/ETH, but also SOL/XRP/ADA, which sent prices of those assets pumping again (only to crash again Monday). The other legalContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 24-March 3, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, October 14-21, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, October 14-21, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, September 30-October 7, 2024

Off the Blockchain+, June 17-24, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 17-24, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, March 25-April 1, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 25-April 1, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, October 2-9, 2023

Intro/Disclaimer: In late 2022 I started preparing updates for the attorneys at my firm practicing in the Web3 space regarding what legal stories people were talking about the prior week. The firm has started turning these into bi-weekly posts on the award winning BitBlog summarizing the top stories with tl;dr breakdowns on the stories’ importanceContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, October 2-9, 2023”

Off the Blockchain+, July 10-17, 2023

Wakanda Test for Digital Asset Classifications

With the dueling summary judgment motions filed by Ripple and the SEC in SEC v. Ripple Labs, Inc., et al, Case No. 20-CV-10832 (S.D.N.Y. ), it is time once again to revisit the hot topic of the Howey test and its application to digital assets. There has been lots of talk of what constitutes “sufficientContinue reading “Wakanda Test for Digital Asset Classifications”

Check Your Privilege- Legally

For anybody not following along with the SEC vs. Ripple ($XRP) litigation, there was a semi-recent ruling requiring production of potentially privileged advice from Ripple’s legal counsel regarding securities issues central to the case. This was a huge ruling, and could be very harmful to Ripple depending on what is in those documents. There haveContinue reading “Check Your Privilege- Legally”