The European Union, money laundering and NFTs
Syed Rahman of Rahman Ravelli outlines the EU’s targeting of NFTs in its draft anti-money laundering bill.

By Syedur Rahman
21 March 2023
2 min read
The emergence of NFT’s around 2017 and their surge in popularity in 2021 has sparked lengthy discussions about both their importance as products to be invested in and the risks associated with them.
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The emergence of NFT’s around 2017 and their surge in popularity in 2021 has sparked lengthy discussions about both their importance as products to be invested in and the risks associated with them.
Syed Rahman of Rahman Ravelli outlines the EU’s targeting of NFTs in its draft anti-money laundering bill.
By Syedur Rahman
21 March 2023
2 min read
For the second time this year, the English High Court has handed down an order allowing service of proceedings on persons unknown via non-fungible tokens (NFT’s) on a blockchain. Such a decision is significant as it allows victims of crypto...
By Dr. Angelika Hellweger
21 October 2022
3 min read
For the first time ever outside of the US, a court has allowed an order to be served on a defendant via a non-fungible token (NFT).
By Syedur Rahman 2 August 2022
If anyone doubted the appeal of NFT’s, they should perhaps take a look at the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) – a collection of 10,000 individual ‘bored ape’ images that have generated more than $1 billion in sales. They should also bear in min...
By Syedur Rahman
24 January 2022
3 min read
The surge in popularity of NFT’s since the start of 2021 is undeniable. The fact that the Collins Dictionary has made NFT the 2021 word of the year is proof of the huge surge in interest surrounding them. And yet they are not commanding uni...
By Syedur Rahman
10 December 2021
2 min read
A hacker returned $336,000 to a collector who he had tricked into buying a fake Banksy NFT that was advertised through the artist's official website.
By Nicola Sharp 9 September 2021