Cryptoassets are traded on a global basis. Indeed, the markets are even more global and constant than markets in more conventional financial instruments, rivalled only perhaps by the FX markets in their reach.

In a recent decision[1], the British Columbia Supreme Court (the “Court”) determined that purported secured loans made by a shareholder were properly characterized as equity contributions to the subject company and therefore subordinate to the claims of the company’s creditors.

The recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Crate Marine Sales ¹serves as a reminder regarding the trigger for the obligation of a court appointed receiver to pay occupation rent.