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Federal Reserve Withdraws Crypto-Related Guidance Including Notification Requirements for Banking Organizations

The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") softened its stance on regulation of crypto activity by banking organizations by rescinding supervisory letters that created hurdles for crypto-asset activities and by joining the Office of...more

Developments in Crypto Regulation: DeFi Tax Reporting Repeal and SEC Disclosure Guidance

The Trump administration continues its efforts to relax digital asset regulation, including most recently by exempting decentralized finance ("DeFi") apps and wallets from tax reporting and through Securities and Exchange...more

SEC Division of Corporation Finance: Certain U.S. Dollar-Backed Stablecoins Are Not Securities

As the Trump administration and Congress seek to establish clear digital asset regulation, uncertainty remains on whether federal agencies consider stablecoins to be "securities" under federal law....more

FDIC Rescinds Prior Notification Requirement for Banks' Permissible Crypto Activities

The FDIC has rescinded an earlier Financial Institution Letter establishing a prior notification requirement for FDIC-supervised institutions that wish to engage in specified crypto-related activities and has clarified that...more

Updates on Proposed Stablecoin Legislation: the GENIUS Act and the STABLE Act

As Congress moves to enact comprehensive stablecoin legislation under the Trump administration, both the Senate and the House of Representatives have updated their respective payment stablecoin bills. Our recent Commentary...more

OCC Eases Some Restrictions on Bank Digital Asset Activities

In recent years, U.S. federal bank regulators significantly limited banks' authority to engage in crypto-asset activities, including participating in public blockchains, owning digital assets as principal, and even providing...more

Stablecoin Legislation: A Stroke of GENIUS?

President Trump's recent executive order "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology" promoted the development of dollar-backed stablecoins as official U.S. policy. To facilitate this policy, Congress...more

Regulating Digital Assets: FIT21 Seems to Fit the Bill

The United States lacks a regulatory framework geared toward digital assets. This raises consumer protection concerns, causes regulatory turf battles and duplicative enforcement actions, impedes innovation, and puts the...more

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