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On April 10, the SEC staff articulated how existing disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws apply to offerings and registrations involving crypto assets....more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report on the guidelines on supervisory practices for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) to prevent and detect market abuse under the Market in...more
As previously summarized here, since SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda was named Acting Chairman on January 21, 2025, the SEC has significantly shifted its approach to cryptocurrency regulation and enforcement actions, including...more
The federal banking regulators have each recently adopted a more permissive approach to the regulation of cryptocurrency activities within the banking sector. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal...more
As we recently reviewed in The First Two Months of the SEC Under President Trump, since taking office for the second time, President Trump has moved quickly to make changes throughout the federal government in keeping with...more
On April 10, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) published a statement providing its views about the application of certain disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws to...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has updated its webpage with the official translations of the guidelines on templates to assist competent authorities in performing their supervisory duties regarding issuers' compliance...more
The Division of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued guidance regarding the application of federal securities laws to certain stablecoins. While this guidance, released on...more
On March 28, the FDIC announced new guidance allowing FDIC-supervised institutions to engage in permissible crypto-related activities without prior approval. This update, outlined in FIL-7-2025, rescinded the previous...more
On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) published a new staff statement intended to clarify the application of federal securities laws to meme coins....more
On 10 December 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (together, ESAs) have published new joint...more
On 4 July 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published new guidelines on information requirements in relation to transfers of funds and certain cryptoasset transfers under Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (the recast,...more
TradFi/DeFi Integrations Announced, Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Launches - According to reports, Robinhood, a major U.S. financial services company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Bitstamp, a global cryptocurrency...more
Non-EU or non-MiCA compliant entities that want to offer or provide crypto-asset services to clients in the EU must be aware of the newly drafted guidelines from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). The...more
Swiss Banks Launch Tokenization Pilot, Crypto Custody and Trading Services - A recent press release announced a pilot by “SIX, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and six commercial banks” that seeks “to test, in a live...more
Revamped SFC and HKMA guidance applies to intermediaries that distribute products or provide dealing, advisory, and asset management services related to virtual assets. On 20 October 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proudly announced an “update on [its] two-year transformational initiative to strengthen NYDFS’ nation-leading virtual currency oversight” on September 18, 2023. Although...more
This summer, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 81-336 Guidance on Crypto Asset Investment Funds that are Reporting Issuers (the “Notice”) concerning funds that seek to invest in crypto...more
On June 6, 2023, federal banking agencies issued final Interagency Guidelines on Third-Party Relationships detailing their expectations for banks in establishing risk management practices with third-parties—including...more
Crypto Firms Announce New Product Launches in Custody, Stablecoins, Wallets - According to a recent press release, Prometheum Capital has received the first-ever approval from the Financial Industry Regulation Authority...more
Demand for virtual currency services, including custody services, has soared in the past several years. Like their counterparts in traditional finance, these custodians are stewards of retail and institutional customer funds...more
The Guidance clarifies the regulator’s expectations on safekeeping customer digital assets, and the disclosures that must accompany such arrangements. On January 23, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services...more
Federal Reserve Policy Aims to Level the Playing Field for Insured and Uninsured Banks: The Federal Reserve has issued a policy statement clarifying that uninsured state member banks will be subject to the same limitations...more
Reports Address Crypto Ownership, Stablecoins and Dapp Adoption - Recent reports provide new data on various areas of the digital asset market. In one report, a survey published by a cryptocurrency trading platform found...more
Similar to recent sample comment letters released regarding climate change disclosure, China-based companies, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the SEC has released a sample letter to companies regarding recent developments...more