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The role of tracing in digital asset disputes

Digital assets have arrived and are here to stay. On-chain assets such as cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens ('NFTs') have quickly become a discernible and popular investment category. Both are susceptible to hacking. As digital assets proliferate, we have seen a corresponding growth in their misappropriation.

NFTs defined as property – but do they have value?

This decision by the High Court – Lavinia Deborah Osbourne v (1) Individuals Unknown (2) Ozone Networks Inc. – has now confirmed that NFTs should be considered property.

D'Aloia v Persons Unknown & Others: A welcome decision against crypto-asset fraud?

As news breaks of the collapse of a cryptocurrency exchange due to something as old fashioned as a bank run (aka a liquidity crisis), can we learn from the trajectory of modern banking as to what may be yet to come?

Worldwide Freezing Orders, Urgent Injunctions and Disclosure Orders Secured at the High Court against Persons Unknown connected with Matic Markets and the Huobi Exchange

Racheal Muldoon of 36 Commercial has secured a total of six worldwide freezing orders, interim injunctions and disclosure orders at the High Court while acting on a direct access basis for a UK resident who had fallen victim to persons unknown operating a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam advertised as ‘Matic Markets’. The FCA issued warnings in respect of Matic Markets on 14th January 2022, 9 days after the first of these orders were secured.