Existing trusts have nine months, beginning Nov 10, 2025, to amend governing instruments to authorize staking according to new safe harbor requirements.
Read MoreTokenized assets are here to stay. Learn what investment advisers and capital allocators need to know when deciding if investing in tokenized assets is the right fit.
Read MoreLearn more about key provisions in the GENIUS Act and on which particular items the Treasury is seeking comments.
Read MoreThe SEC has approved in-kind creations and redemptions for digital asset ETPs. For sponsors and institutional investors, this introduces new financial reporting and disclosure considerations.
Read MoreThere has been growing buzz around the undeniable surge in the ETF share class and digital asset ETF applications within the Investment Company Act of 1940 (’40 Act) and 1933 Act Securities Act (’33 Act) structures. As these innovative offerings gain traction, issuers and service...
Read MoreTokenization is reshaping the financial landscape, offering innovative ways to represent and trade assets in a digital world. A panel discussion at the recent Cohen Client Conference shed light for audience members on what tokenized funds are, their benefits, challenges and the path to adoption...
Read MoreThe SEC is undergoing a transformative phase under the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins, who returned to the SEC in 2025 after serving as a commissioner from 2002 to 2008. The SEC is critical to our clients and anyone in the investment industry, so we focused one of our Cohen Client Conference...
Read MorePosted by Mike DellavalleThe digital asset space continues to captivate us with every nuance and (rev)evolutionary moment. For 2025, we believe there will be even more excitement and energy to both monitor and experience. Below are the five trends topping our radar:Approval and Launch of...
Read MoreOne of the most important aspects of managing and advising investment funds is to protect those who invest in your fund. This includes providing them with timely audited financial statements to assist them in making critical investment decisions and reinforce confidence in their fund investments...
Read MoreEarlier this summer the IRS issued final regulations on information reporting requirements for digital assets, including determining amount realized and basis allocations. At the same time, the regulatory body also provided safe harbor relief for taxpayers to substantiate their basis allocations...
Read MoreThis year has been historic for both the digital asset and exchange-traded fund (ETF) communities. In January, the SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs, followed by eight spot Ethereum ETFs in July. With extensive experience and expertise in both the registered ETF and digital asset private fund...
Read MoreCohen & Co is pleased to announce Mike Dellavalle has been named Market Leader, Technology & Life Sciences, effective June 1, 2024. This highly technical industry group of assurance, tax and advisory professionals works with the digital asset ecosystem of funds, fund managers and...
Read MoreThis year our fall CPE conference took on a slightly different shape. We of course had technical-focused educational sessions on topics geared toward private companies, but we also had the opportunity to join our investment industry colleagues and clients for extended networking and some...
Read MoreMembers of our Digital Assets Group recently attended Permissionless II, one of the largest DeFi events in the industry. We walked away with many great insights, but most importantly, the conference highlighted some key trends and issues that stand to greatly impact the digital assets space...
Read MoreSince being thrust into the public eye roughly six years ago, digital assets and their owners have struggled with being viewed, by some, as illegitimate — or at the very least, risky. From digital native techies wearing hoodies and coding in entirely new languages to the asset class as a...
Read MoreFor the second year in a row Cohen & Co has been named the best audit provider by Hedgeweek in their second annual 2023 U.S. Digital Assets Awards.
Read MoreAs the digital asset and registered fund spaces continue to intersect — with the first Bitcoin (BTC) regulated fund launching just over a year ago — there is much to sort through and many ongoing lessons to learn as to which products make sense for which types of investors. From...
Read MoreDigital assets officially joined the registered funds arena with the launch of the first Bitcoin (BTC) futures mutual fund in July 2021, and the launch of BTC futures ETFs shortly thereafter in October of the same year. This article is intended to reflect on where we’ve been and what could...
Read MoreWith the April 18th tax deadline just behind us, it’s timely to note that filing a return is not the end of the story for taxpayers who have “their number” called for an IRS examination. While in recent years there has been a severe staffing shortage at the IRS, followed by the...
Read MoreCryptocurrency mining refers to the process of participating in a consensus mechanism that includes Proof of Work components. Generally, this is done to collect mining rewards from the network. In other words, cryptocurrency mining is the process of contributing computing power to the network in...
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