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California Adopts Digital Financial Assets Law

Licensees, exchanges, and other market participants should prepare to comply with the listing, disclosure, capital, and other requirements that the new law imposes. On October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom...more

SEC Continues Enforcing Against NFT Projects

In its second action involving NFTs, the SEC targets an offering tied to fundraising and promises of future value. On September 13, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a cease-and-desist order (the...more

SEC v. Ripple: A Tale of Two Token Transaction Types

A bifurcated decision in a highly anticipated digital assets enforcement action may not provide the clarity that market participants want or need. On July 13, 2023, Judge Analisa Torres of the US District Court for the...more

Wyoming Stable Token Act Enacted Into Law

By authorizing the issuance of a stable token, “Blockchain Valley” leads the way in state digital asset adoption and integration. For the last few years, Wyoming has been a leader among US states at the intersection of...more

LBRY Ruling: A Nice Read for the SEC

In granting the SEC’s motion for summary judgment, a federal court ruled that sales of LBC tokens were securities transactions. On November 7, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prevailed in a motion for...more

2021 Digital Asset Regulatory Lookback (US Edition)

Popular and institutional interest in digital assets, decentralized applications, NFTs, and blockchain technology skyrocketed, and regulators sprinted to catch up. For the digital asset markets, 2021 was a banner year....more

US Infrastructure Law: Top Impacts on the Digital Asset Industry

The industry will have two years to learn the new requirements and develop systems to ensure compliance. On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the US$1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law...more

New US Digital Assets Bill Casts Wide Net

An ambitious proposal could bring digital assets into the mainstream regulatory fold. During an eventful summer for the digital assets industry, it may have been easy to miss US Representative Don Beyer’s introduction of the...more

New SEC Chairman Gives His First Speech on Crypto

Gary Gensler asserts the SEC’s broad powers over digital assets, and puts consumer protection at the forefront. On August 3, 2021, Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), gave a speech on...more

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