September 08, 2023

Digital Assets Download - Audience Driven

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In each issue of our Digital Assets Download, we strive to provide insights on the most important developments in digital assets and blockchain. For example, in this edition, we feature important regulatory updates from the United States and United Kingdom that will impact how businesses implement digital asset strategies. When our audience speaks, we listen—so please let us know the topics and insights you’d like to see us cover. Jump into the deep end of the liquidity pool (see below) with us by sending us your thoughts.

For the Uninitiated: Digital Assets Download is a curated mix of insights and headlines that provide a Layer 3 Legal Perspective™ on the digital assets multiverse—created by Mayer Brown’s global Digital Assets, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency group. (Check out all of our previous editions of the Digital Assets Download)

The Lead Block

Perspectives and insights from Mayer Brown lawyers and other thought leaders that touch on digital assets, decentralized finance, cryptocurrencies and related fields.

Select Events

Selected events for deeper dives into different parts of the digital assets and DeFi world.

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission – “Commissioner Goldsmith Romero to Speak at the Federal Reserve Board of Philadelphia’s Fintech Conference”
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Goldsmith Romero will speak on potential approaches to fintech regulation at the Federal Reserve Board of Philadelphia’s Fintech Conference on Friday, September 8, 2023.

Hearing: ‘Digital Dollar Dilemma: The Implications of a Central Bank Digital Currency and Private Sector Alternatives’
In the U.S. House of Representatives, the Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion is holding a hearing on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

"Securities Offering and Private Placement Developments: A Prolific, Controversial Year of Rulemaking" at the Alternative Finance Summit 2023
On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, Mayer Brown partner, Anna Pinedo, will speak at the Alternative Finance Summit 2023: Fintech, Blockchain, and Crowdfunding at PLI New York in New York City. Her panel, “Securities Offering and Private Placement Developments: A Prolific, Controversial Year of Rulemaking,” will discuss topics including SEC strategy on blockchain issues and SEC crypto enforcement lawyer staffing up. For more information, please visit the summit website.

Learn the Lingo

For those new to the digital assets and DeFi world, each edition of the Digital Assets Download will highlight a different term to help you be a part of the conversation.

Liquidity Pool

Liquidity pools use automated blockchain technology to enable users to exchange digital assets without relying on centralized entities.

In a liquidity pool, liquidity providers lock an amount of one or more crypto assets in a smart contract that holds the assets. Other users who want to swap between different crypto assets that are in the liquidity pool can do so by depositing an amount of one crypto asset and receiving an equivalent amount of another crypto asset.

The users that are swapping their crypto assets pay a small fee for using the liquidity pool, and this fee is distributed among the liquidity providers to incentivize them for the service they provide. Generally, the fees earned by liquidity providers are proportional to the amount of liquidity they provide to the pool.

Writing on the Wall, Translating ‘Crypto’ Terms with Mayer Brown

From Airdrop to Wrapped Token, our illustrated glossary, “Writing on the Wall, Translating Securities with Mayer Brown,” has been updated with additional digital assets and cryptocurrency terms. Check out our “featured” list for the crypto terms and the full list of terms.

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