Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of publicly-reported news that may be of particular interest.

U.S. Developments

Regulatory Updates

CFTC and SEC Enforcement Directors Issue Joint Statement Regarding Virtual Currency Enforcement Actions
This morning, the Enforcement Director of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), James McDonald, and the Enforcement Co-Directors of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin issued a joint statement addressing virtual currency enforcement actions (collectively “the Agencies”).  In the statement,