On December 19, 2025, the Market Participants Division (MPD) of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a no-action letter (Letter) providing certain private fund managers with temporary relief from the...more
2/5/2026
/ CFTC ,
Commodity Pool ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPOs ,
Exemptions ,
Form PF ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Adviser ,
No-Action Letters ,
Private Funds ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements
On January 28, 2026, the Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management, and Trading and Markets of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a joint staff statement on tokenized securities (the...more
2/5/2026
/ Blockchain ,
Compliance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
FinTech ,
Investment Management ,
New Guidance ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Tokenization
On January 29, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Chair Paul S. Atkins and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Chair Michael S. Selig hosted a joint event1 focused on harmonizing the...more
2/5/2026
/ Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Derivatives ,
Digital Assets ,
FinTech ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tokenization
On July 31, 2025, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) Chairman Paul S. Atkins delivered a landmark speech (the “Speech”) at the America First Policy Institute, announcing “Project Crypto,” a...more
8/14/2025
/ Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
FinTech ,
Popular ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On July 30, 2025, the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets released its report titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (the “Report”), which outlines the United States’...more
8/11/2025
/ AML/CFT ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Capital Markets ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Executive Orders ,
FinCEN ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Stablecoins ,
The GENIUS Act