Attorney J. Dax Hansen is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle. With contributions from his colleagues Andrew H. Grant and Kirk Soderquist, he has written an interesting legal perspective on the ...

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proudly announced an “update on [its] two-year transformational initiative to strengthen NYDFS’ nation-leading virtual currency oversight” on ...

Virtual currency includes any type of digital unit that is used as a medium of exchange or a form of digitally stored value. It includes digital units of exchange that: Have a centralized repository ...

“Making payments with virtual currency has emboldened taxpayers to move money offshore, purchase illegal goods and services, and carry out other nefarious activities. Users may feel there is the ...