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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

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The FDIC has rescinded an earlier Financial Institution Letter establishing a prior notification requirement for FDIC-supervised institutions that wish to engage in specified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

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

Enforcement to Endorsement: Digital Asset Executive Order and SAB 121 Rescission

President Trump signed an executive order ("EO") titled "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology" that signals a radical shift in the federal government's posture towards digital assets and the...more

New York Department of Financial Services Issues Guidance on Virtual Currency Custodial Services

In Short - The Situation: Following a string of bankruptcies among virtual currency firms, the New York Department of Financial Services has issued guidance on the practices and procedures it expects from certain...more

Fed Policy Statement Adds Hurdles to Digital Asset Activities and Innovation by State Banks

In Short - The Situation: The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") has issued a new policy statement ("Policy Statement") imposing limits, including Board approval requirements, on digital asset activities and other novel...more

Bank Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Safety and Soundness of Crypto Activities

In Short - The Situation: Since clarifying the legal permissibility of certain crypto activities in 2020 and early 2021, the Federal banking agencies have begun to tighten regulatory scrutiny of such activities, warning...more

California Moves to Regulate Digital Asset Exchanges and Cryptocurrency Companies

California's new Digital Financial Asset Law ("DFAL") will impose a variety of regulatory requirements on digital asset companies and cryptocurrency exchanges. Governor Newsom is expected to sign the DFAL into law, and new...more

Digital Assets Defined: Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Enter the Stage

In this latest White Paper on our Bill analysis, we underscore headline proposals in the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the “Bill”) regarding consumer protection standards (Title V) and cybersecurity...more

All Talk, No Action? The Fintech Regulatory Plot Thickens [Audio]

Jones Day's new Of Counsel Nathan Brownback and Partner Josh Sterling discuss recent developments in the U.S. legal landscape for fintech, including the bipartisan Stabenow-Boozman bill, designed to regulate digital assets....more

Proposed Stabenow-Boozman Bill Falls Short in Bringing Regulatory Certainty to Digital Assets Space

In Short - The Situation: Following the release of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Lummis-Gillibrand Bill"), four senators on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released their own...more

Digital Assets Defined: How Lummis-Gillibrand Will Shore Up Stablecoins

In this latest White Paper on our Bill analysis, we underscore headline proposals in the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill") regarding the issuance and regulation of a "payment stablecoin,"...more

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