The Bank for International Settlements publishes its Quarterly Review and calls for greater regulatory supervision of blockchain-based decentralised finance

Who’s Who Legal’s annual analysis of Information Technology, Telecoms & Media, and Data Privacy & Protection, once again ranks more Bird & Bird lawyers than any other international firm. Our lawyers also top the ...

Cryptocurrencies are becoming popular with a broader audience than just tech-savvy investors, speculators, true believers and reportedly criminal organisations. Institutional investors are incorporating ...

On 6 September 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection presented its draft regulation for the introduction of crypto fund units (KryptoFAV). ...

Jonathan Emmanuel and Gavin Punia hosted a webinar with Lexology which covered the regulatory and commercial issues surrounding blockchain.

Bird & Bird Partner Dr. Michael Jünemann teamed up with the tech-expert Dr. Udo Milkau to address legal challenges of Blockchain-based contracts. A pdf including notes, citations and sources is available for ...

Bird & Bird’s APAC and UK Tech Transactions specialists have contributed to the inaugural edition of the Technology Sourcing guide, published by IGLG. Lawyers from our offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and ...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been around for many years but have recently gained huge traction, taking a variety of different forms such as digital kittens (CryptoKitties), sports highlights (NBA Top Shot), ...

Vixio recently published an article featuring commentary from our German counsel Johannes Wirtz. The article covers the German Ministry of Finance’s decision to introduce new rules for crypto transactions.

The government draft of the Electronic Securities Introduction Act (eWpG) will also change the facts of the crypto custodian.