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2025 Digital Asset Developments - Navigating Change: First 100 Days Under the Trump Administration

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We are pleased to share with you our latest publication, “Navigating Change: First 100 Days under the Trump Administration,” authored by our Digital Assets + Blockchain team. This retrospective examines the pivotal...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Draft legislation proposes shift in regulatory oversight of digital assets

On May 5, 2025, the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee and Agriculture Committee released a draft bill that would shift oversight of most digital assets from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 3, April 2025

Welcome to our third issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. SEC may Reverse Proposed Cryptocurrency Custody Rule and Ohio House...more

Venable LLP

A Legal Whirlwind Settles: Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Tornado Cash

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash, the decentralized cryptocurrency mixer it had blacklisted in August 2022....more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Podcast] Welcome to CryptoCounsel 2.0!

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Welcome to CryptoCounsel 2.0! Frank is back, and he's brought some new friends into the fold. Meet Lauren Lerman, a regulatory lawyer who advises telecommunications and emerging technology clients, including in the AI and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

From Seizures to Strategy: The U.S. Government’s Move Toward a National Crypto Reserve

Following President Trump’s March 6 Executive Order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, released alongside a White House Briefing, the U.S. government has taken its most formal step yet toward integrating digital assets...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Trump, Crypto and a New Era for IP Protection

The cryptocurrency industry is undergoing a transformative period as the Trump administration adopts a more structured and proactive regulatory approach to digital assets such as Bitcoin. This evolving legal framework not...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Trump Issues Executive Order Establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

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An executive order and related legislation centralizes Bitcoin and digital asset holdings across the federal government to optimize oversight and management of crypto as a US reserve asset. On March 6, 2025, President...more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: March 13, 2025

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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

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - March 2025 #2

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Executive Order Establishes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, Digital Asset Stockpile - On March 6, President Trump issued an executive order (EO), Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset...more

Burr & Forman

Trump Administration Establishes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile

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On March 6, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile [Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S....more

Carlton Fields

SEC’s Newly Established Crypto Task Force: An Ambitious Agenda to Fill in the Gaps

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been moving quickly to change course on its approach to regulating digital assets. Even before President Trump issued executive order 14178, titled “Strengthening American...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - February 20, 2025

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Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

Mintz

A New Era for Crypto Regulation & Innovation? The Crypto Executive Order, a Rebooted SEC Crypto Task Force & the Journey Ahead

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Recent regulatory developments in the crypto asset and financial technology space suggest that US regulators may be shifting toward a more balanced approach — one that prioritizes clearer regulations while fostering...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - February 13, 2025

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Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

Jones Day

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

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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

J.S. Held

2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: The Rise of Crypto & Digital Assets

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While the cryptocurrency industry is still relatively young, its adoption by various economic sectors and the evolution of the technology itself is growing, along with the tokenization of assets, AI-powered smart contracts,...more

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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Strengthen American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology

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On January 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order laying out his new administration’s vision on digital assets (the Order). The Order reflects Trump’s oft-repeated commitment to make the United States the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Trump 2.0: A New Era for the Regulation of Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets

President Trump campaigned on the promise to make the United States the “crypto capital” of the world. In his first days in office, he took steps to advance that goal, including by signing an executive order designed to...more

Carlton Fields

Trump Administration’s Executive Order on Digital Assets: A Significant Shift in U.S. Crypto Policy

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On January 23, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” aimed at supporting “the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

White House Announces First Steps Toward New Policies Supporting Cryptocurrencies and Digital Financial Technology

President Trump has taken the first steps toward fulfilling his promise to reverse the Biden administration’s approach to digital assets by issuing an executive order that establishes a framework for fostering the growth of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Launches Crypto Task Force Website to Bring Clarity to Crypto Regulation

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a ‘Crypto Task Force’ page on its website, outlining the agency’s crypto regulatory agenda under the agency’s new leadership. This initiative follows the exit of...more

Wiley Rein LLP

President Trump’s Crypto Czar Outlines Federal Government’s New Approach to Digital Assets

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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

Venable LLP

Dawn of the Crypto Czar: The New Executive Order on Digital Assets

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President Trump issued an executive order last week targeting government regulation of the digital asset industry to support the "responsible growth and use of digital assets." On the campaign trail, Trump promised to make...more

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What’s in Your (Crypto) Wallet? Trump’s Executive Order on Digital Financial Technology

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Last week, President Trump issued an executive order, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (EO), establishing the administration’s policy to promote digital asset technologies and the...more

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