Fintech

Fintech Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on financial technology. Coverage includes legal and regulatory developments in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin and initial coin offerings, as well as electronic payment systems, peer-to-peer lending, algorithmic trading and many other aspects of this fast-evolving area of the law.



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Latest News in Fintech

  • April 24, 2026

    CFTC Sues New York Over Sports Event Contract Crackdown

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued the state of New York Friday in its latest bid to assert "exclusive jurisdiction" over prediction markets and cut through the state's attempts to shut down certain event contract trading as unregistered gambling.

  • April 24, 2026

    Rakoff Tosses Securities Fraud Claims Against Coinbase

    U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has tossed securities fraud claims against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase brought by investors in a digital asset that tracked the native token of the now-failed Terraform blockchain ecosystem.

  • April 24, 2026

    Jane Street Slams Terraform's Insider Trading Claims

    Jane Street is looking to escape a lawsuit accusing it of trading on insider information ahead of the collapse of cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs, telling a New York federal judge that it shouldn't have to "foot the bill" for a fraud that Terraform itself committed.

  • April 24, 2026

    Wis. Takes On Prediction Market Cos. Over 'Illegal' Betting

    Wisconsin has joined the fight with other states to regulate prediction market platforms under their respective state gambling laws, telling a Wisconsin state court that the platforms are engaging in criminal activity and creating a public nuisance.

  • April 24, 2026

    Why Justices Seem Skeptical Of Curbing SEC Disgorgement

    Sripetch v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission presents an opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify the disgorgement limits it set six years ago in Liu v. SEC, with recent oral arguments suggesting the court sees disgorgement as an equitable remedy akin to unjust enrichment, say attorneys at Hueston Hennigan.

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  • AGENCIES
  • U.S. Department of the Treasury
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
  • Federal Reserve
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • Self-regulatory organizations
  • State and international regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • OCC Fintech Charter
  • Regulatory sandboxes
  • Bank Secrecy Act
  • Securities Act
  • Securities Exchange Act
  • Securities Investor Protection Act
  • Commodities Exchange Act
  • Federal and state guidance on fintech products
  • Federal and state legislation
  • International banking legislation and regulation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offering fraud investigations
  • Asset and credit freezes
  • False advertising of fintech products
  • Cybersecurity and privacy matters related to fintech companies
  • Spoofing
  • Federal criminal matters
  • State enforcement actions
  • LITIGATION
  • Intellectual property matters
  • Investor class actions
  • Challenges to federal or state regulations
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Initial coin offerings
  • Mergers and acquisitions of fintech companies
  • Private equity and venture capital fundraising for fintech companies
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of law firm fintech practices
  • General counsel interviews

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