OTC MarketOTC Markets Listing RequirementsOTC PinkOTC Pink Listing RequirementsOTCQBOTCQB and OTCQXOTCQB Listing RequirementsOTCQXOTCQX Listing Requirements The OTCQB Has Added Additional Quantitative Listing Standards Laura Anthony, Esq.August 14, 2018 On May 20, 2018, the OTC Markets Group published the OTCQB Standards version 3.0 incorporating amendments to the OTCQB initial and o... 066500
BlockchainBlockchain TechnologyCFTCCryptocurrenciesDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTInitial Coin OfferingsInitial Cryptocurrency Offerings The Senate Banking Committee’s Hearing On Cryptocurrencies Laura Anthony, Esq.March 6, 2018 On February 6, 2018, the United States Senate Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs (“Banking Committee”) held a hearing on... 050400
BlockchainBlockchain TechnologyDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTICOsInitial Coin OfferingsInitial Cryptocurrency OfferingsSEC The SEC’s Strategic Hub For Innovation And Financial Technology Laura Anthony, Esq.December 11, 2018 Responding to the growing necessity, in mid-October the SEC launched a Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub... 050400
FINRAFINRA ComplianceFINRA RulesSEC The Treasury Department Report To The President On Capital Markets Laura Anthony, Esq.February 27, 2018 February 27, 2018 In October 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report to President Trump entitled “A Financial System That Creates Ec... 043100
BlockchainBlockchain TechnologyCryptocurrenciesCybersecurityDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTSEC The SEC Has Provided Guidance On Ether and Bitcoin, Sort Of Laura Anthony, Esq.June 19, 2018 June 21, 2018 On June 14, 2018, William Hinman, the Director of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, gave a speech at Yahoo Finance’s All Mark... 042800
PCAOB AuditingSEC The New Auditor Report Laura Anthony, Esq.February 13, 2018 In October 2017, the SEC approved a new rule by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) requiring significant changes... 034200
FINRANASAARegulation ARegulation A+Regulation CRegulation SHORegulation TRule 144Rule 147Rule 152Rule 504 The 2017 SEC Government-Business Forum On Small Business Capital Formation Final Report Laura Anthony, Esq.June 12, 2018 The SEC has published the final report and recommendations of the 2017 annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Fo... 032600
CybersecurityCybersecurity DisclosuresSECSEC Guidance The SEC Has Issued New Guidance On Cybersecurity Disclosures Laura Anthony, Esq.March 27, 2018 April 2, 2018 On February 20, 2018, the SEC issued new interpretative guidance on public company disclosures related to cybersecurity risks and in... 031300
CFTCCryptocurrenciesDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTInitial Coin OfferingsInitial Cryptocurrency OfferingsSEC The SEC And CFTC Joint Statements On Cryptocurrencies; Global Regulators Join In Laura Anthony, Esq.February 6, 2018 On January 19, 2018 and again on January 25, 2018, the SEC and CFTC divisions of enforcement issued joint statements regarding crypt... 030900
Blockchain TechnologyCFTCCryptocurrenciesDistributed Ledger TechnologySEC The CFTC And Cryptocurrencies Laura Anthony, Esq.February 20, 2018 The SEC and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have been actively policing the crypto or virtual currency space. Both... 029200