With attention focused on skyrocketing securities of Canadian companies such as Tilray ($TLRY) due to Canada’s country-wide legalization of cannabis on Wednesday, October 17, a groundbreaking case involving Colorado-based HempCoin ($THC) has flown under the radar.

Part 1 – Introduction On September 11, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) announced “public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings” against Crypto Asset Management, LP (CAM) and Timothy Enneking (Enneking), the owner and manager of CAM. The ruling is notable as the Commission’s first order against a crypto-dominated investment fund, but also […]

The implementation of the Volcker Rule, § 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which by statute generally prohibits banks from engaging in proprietary trading or from owning or controlling hedge funds or private equity funds, is almost complete.