With its pro-crypto stance and urgent posture, the executive order promises to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet.”
On January 23, 2025, President Trump issued a highly anticipated executive order on digital...more
1/28/2025
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While a conclusion to the much-hyped case may be approaching, market participants should be wary of doomsday prognostications.
As a new year begins, the digital assets industry is still enduring a deep and widespread crypto...more
1/20/2023
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The SEC’s reliance on a nebulous US Supreme Court decision raises important questions for the future of decentralized finance.
Reves v. Ernst & Young,[1] a 30-year-old US Supreme Court decision on farmers’ co-ops, is...more
1/26/2022
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US Department of Justice’s sprawling report reveals regulatory enforcement priorities for cryptocurrencies and highlights multi-agency cooperation.
On October 8, 2020, the US Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force of...more
10/20/2020
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Recent actions reinforce the SEC’s commitment to applying traditional securities markets regulation in the cryptocurrency markets.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, or the Commission) recently issued a public...more
Regulators responded to a narrow question about trading bitcoin-based securities, with orders that should not limit innovation in bitcoin technologies.
On March 10, 2017, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more