On Dec. 2, the Acting Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), Travis Hill, gave a statement before the House Committee on Financial Services. On the topic of digital assets, Hill mentioned that “the FDIC has...more
12/5/2025
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On Nov. 20, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) introduced the Bitcoin for America Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would allow U.S. taxpayers to pay federal taxes in bitcoin and direct those payments into the new...more
12/1/2025
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On Nov. 18, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued new guidance allowing national banks to hold and spend cryptocurrency on their balance sheets when necessary to support permissible banking activities,...more
11/21/2025
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Senate Agriculture Committee Releases Discussion Draft of Bipartisan Market Structure Bill -
On Nov. 10, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry (Committee) released a discussion draft of legislation...more
11/14/2025
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On Nov. 5, seven Ethereum-based protocols released an announcement regarding the creation of the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA), which aims to coordinate policy efforts with government and regulatory authorities....more
11/7/2025
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On Oct. 27, President Donald Trump nominated Michael Selig, the current chief counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force and senior adviser to SEC chairman Paul Atkins, as the 16th chairman of...more
10/31/2025
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On Oct. 23, President Donald Trump issued a presidential pardon for Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, who in 2023 had plead guilty to various money laundering charges. In a statement, White House...more
10/24/2025
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On Oct. 10, headlines signaling a potential 100% tariff on Chinese imports effective Nov. 1 preceded a broad sell-off in major digital assets that several market desks described as one of the largest crypto liquidation...more
10/17/2025
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On Oct. 6, Delaware’s Court of Chancery dismissed an action seeking to freeze and recover over 1,000 ether (ETH) from two ex-employees of Duelbits, a Curacao-based online crypto casino, holding that ETH is intangible property...more
10/10/2025
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On Sept. 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a no-action letter granting relief to registered investment advisers (RIAs) and registered funds (funds) that seek to use state-chartered trust companies (state...more
10/6/2025
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On Sept. 18, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (Notice) inviting public comment on its upcoming regulations under the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation...more
9/26/2025
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On Sept. 17, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new generic listing standards for exchange-traded products (ETPs) that hold spot commodities such as digital assets. This regulatory change allows these...more
9/19/2025
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On Sept. 8, Nasdaq announced its Form 19b-4 submission seeking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval to amend its rules and enable trading of tokenized equities on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Proposal)....more
9/12/2025
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On Sept. 2, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Trading Markets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued a joint...more
9/5/2025
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A coalition of 115 digital asset builders, investors, and advocates submitted a letter to the Senate Committee on Banking and the Committee on Agriculture on August 27, advocating for the protections afforded to open-source...more
8/29/2025
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Thailand ,
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Wyoming Becomes First U.S. State to Launch Stablecoin -
On August 19, the Wyoming Stable Token Commission (WYSTC) announced the mainnet launch of the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), marking a historic moment for Wyoming as...more
8/22/2025
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Trump Signs Executive Order To Expand 401(k) Access to Alternative Assets- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 7 directing the Department of Labor to review guidelines that could open 401(k) retirement...more
8/15/2025
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On August 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Division) issued a statement clarifying that liquid staking activities do not involve the offer and sale of securities within the...more
8/8/2025
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Securities Act of 1933 ,
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The President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, established by Executive Order 14178 under President Donald Trump, has released a comprehensive report outlining a strategy to establish the United States as the global...more
On July 18, the GENIUS Act (the Act) was signed into law by President Donald Trump. According to a fact sheet released by the White House, the legislation aims to position the United States as a leader in the development of...more
7/25/2025
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On July 16, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce gave a speech at London’s Guildhall with other financial regulators and industry leaders. In her speech, Commissioner Peirce highlighted the historic ties between the U.S. and the...more
7/18/2025
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UK
On July 9, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing titled “From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow’s Digital Asset Markets,” which focused on bipartisan efforts to establish a federal regulatory framework for digital...more
7/11/2025
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On July 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance outlining disclosure expectations for crypto asset exchange-traded products, including both spot and derivative-based...more
7/7/2025
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Securities Regulation ,
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On June 24, Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., along with Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo.; Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., released a set of principles outlining the foundation for a...more
6/27/2025
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On June 17, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the GENIUS Act (Act), which, if passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would establish federal guardrails and a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Specifically, the Act...more
6/20/2025
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