On February 4, 2025, Commissioner Hester Peirce—head of the SEC's new Crypto Task Force—authored a Statement, posted on the SEC's website, titled "The Journey Begins." Her Statement analogizes from early childhood road trips...more
2/10/2025
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On January 20, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") unanimously elected Commissioner Caroline D. Pham as acting chairman. The Administration has not yet identified who will be nominated for the position of...more
2/6/2025
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On January 21, 2025, Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda announced the creation of a crypto Task Force dedicated to developing a "comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto assets." Acting Chairman Uyeda tasked...more
1/30/2025
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The Digital Chamber ("TDC"), an organization dedicated to championing Bitcoin, digital assets, and blockchain innovation, recently released a proposed agenda for the SEC's new chair and commission titled TDC's "2025 SEC...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") recently filed a novel civil enforcement action against Avraham "Avi" Eisenberg in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging Eisenberg with a...more
As described in DWT's October 2021 post, the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA"), enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, establishes beneficial ownership reporting requirements for a broad range of entities...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") recently released its enforcement results for Fiscal Year 2022 ("FY 2022"). In addition to detailing the recovery of over $2.5 billion in restitution, disgorgement, and civil...more
In a purported effort to close supposed loopholes that allow illicit actors to use corporate structures such as shell companies to hide their identities and launder their ill-gotten gains in or through the United States, the...more
A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report released on September 16, 2022, will have a significant impact on the U.S. Government's ability to investigate and prosecute offenses involving digital assets....more
Following the White House's Digital Assets Executive Order from March 2022 (summarized here), our September 2022 update provides an in-depth look at select follow-up reports issued by the U.S. Department of Justice and the...more