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A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
Crackdown on DeFi? An Examination of the CFTC's Enforcement Action Against Uniswap — The Crypto Exchange
Ep. 11 - Crypto & Consumer Protection: Insights from a Former FTC Official
Crypto & Politics: Insights from Former Congressman David McIntosh
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Nation: A Government Insider’s View
FINCast Ep. 38 – The Future of Crypto: A Conversation with Coinbase’s Faryar Shirzad
No Password Required: CEO of Paragon Cyber Solutions, Family-Night Game Champion, and Calculated-Risk Taker
Creating A User Friendly Blockchain with Andrew Levine, CEO, Koinos Group
From Station Wagon to Lamborghini: One CypherPunk’s Journey from Cryptoanarchy to Solana Cross-Chain NFT Innovations
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Blockchain for Beginners: Basic Tax Issues for Digital Assets
Introducing The Crypto Exchange Podcast
An Introduction to Crypto for Financial Services Professionals
The Justice Insiders: Largest Bitcoin Seizure in DOJ History – Crypto Can Be Traced!
JONES DAY TALKS®: Takeaways from a Landmark Cryptocurrency Antitrust Case
This Week in FCPA-Episode 252 – the Musk and Bitcoin edition
Episode 181 — Cryptocurrency Review: Matt Stankiewicz Discusses the SEC’s Case against Ripple, Predictions under the Biden Administration, and Bitcoin’s Corporate Surge
Business and Legal Issues Around Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Nota Bene Episode 58: The Advantages of Using Cryptocurrencies and Other Blockchain Technologies for Business Growth with James Gatto
Regulatory shifts are creating new opportunities in exchange-traded products and public capital markets for digital asset companies....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a significant statement yesterday that certain proof-of-work (PoW) mining activities do not constitute securities offerings under federal...more
Among the biggest news that dropped in the past two weeks was the Trump administration’s announcement of a national Bitcoin reserve plan, a move whose mere discussion marks a significant shift from the federal government’s...more
Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and related developments. This week, we review the following developments as of Wednesday: ...more
While we anticipated a relaxed US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the new administration, even the biggest proponents of a lax SEC did not expect a “meme coin” blessing within weeks of a new SEC chair being...more
As of February 2025, the landscapes of digital assets and artificial intelligence (“AI”) continue to evolve rapidly, driven by significant developments in regulation, institutional adoption, and international policy. These...more
Both the CFTC and SEC have new Acting Chairs, who are known to be crypto advocates, with Mark Uyeda being appointed Acting Chair of the SEC, taking over from Gary Gensler, while Caroline D. Pham has assumed the role of Acting...more
Trump Administration AI and Crypto Special Advisor David Sacks focused on stablecoin legislation and a potential crypto regulatory framework during a press conference on February 4. Sacks led the conference and was followed...more
On February 4, President Trump’s Crypto Czar, David Sacks, held a press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the new Administration’s plans for cryptocurrency regulation. Sacks was joined by Senate Banking Committee Chairman...more
Join Josh and Frank as they sit down with James Murphy, aka Meta Law Man, as he shares his journey from TradFi securities litigator to becoming a leading voice in crypto. In this episode, James discusses how his exploration...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
Few industries experienced a more drastic reversal of fortune on Election Day than the cryptocurrency sector. On November 4, several of its largest companies were locked in a seemingly interminable battle with the Securities...more
Hello, All. The Golden Turkeys are back again – in my first post-Dechert effort. That means I have fewer folks to help me come up with brilliant ideas and even fewer folks to edit my really bad ideas. So, bear with me...more
One will be forgiven for not closely following the myriad crypto developments in recent years. Mixed signals from regulators have complicated matters: some cryptocurrencies may be securities, some are commodities, some...more
On July 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared nine registration statements effective under the Securities Act of 1933 for spot Ether ETFs, clearing the way for the ETFs to begin trading on July 23....more
ollowing the approval and launch of Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (EFTs) in January 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved eight Ethereum ETFs for listing and trading on SEC-regulated exchanges on...more
Nach der Zulassung von Krypto-ETF in den USA steht mit dem für Mitte April 2024 erwarteten Bitcoin-Halving demnächst ein weiteres Fundamental-Ereignis für die Krypto-Branche vor der Tür. Die Zulassung sogenannter Bitcoin-Spot...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more
On July 12, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican senator from Wyoming who sits on the Agriculture Committee, joined...more
Satoshi Nakamoto’s invention of Bitcoin in 2009 opened the door to rethinking the way value can be transferred and stored. However, crypto markets have long been considered by most analysts and attorneys as the “Wild West” of...more
The Web3 community has long expressed frustration at the lack of clarity emanating from the SEC regarding the treatment of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets under current securities laws, with many characterizing the...more
Popular and institutional interest in digital assets, decentralized applications, NFTs, and blockchain technology skyrocketed, and regulators sprinted to catch up. For the digital asset markets, 2021 was a banner year....more