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21 May 2018
Dr. Sharon Brown-Hruska, et. al.
Virtual currency regulatory guidance and legal actions in the US have developed at a breakneck pace through 2017 and into the first part of 2018. As virtual currency market capitalizations rose dramatically, regulatory framework governing the industry developed just as rapidly. In "Recent Trends in Virtual Currency Regulation, Enforcement, and Litigation,” NERA Managing Director Dr. Sharon Brown-Hruska and Consultant Trevor Wagener review over 70 enforcement and private actions to report on the overall state of virtual currency regulation as of early 2018. The authors provide an overview of the industry’s evolving regulatory frameworks, identify fraud allegations, BSA/AML violations, and other regulatory compliance failures.
Major findings from the report include the following: