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Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
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Navigating 2025: Trends in OFAC and DOJ Enforcement for Digital Assets — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
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Navigating 2025: The SEC's Evolving Role in Cryptocurrency Enforcement — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Virtual Currency Regulations: Key Insights for the Payments Industry — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Navigating 2025: Regulatory Shift to the States and the FTC in the Digital Asset Landscape — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating 2025: Regulatory Shift to the States and the FTC in the Digital Asset Landscape — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Crypto 2.0: What’s Next in the US?
On April 24, the Federal Reserve withdrew its prior guidance for banks related to their crypto-asset and dollar token activities and also announced related changes to its expectations for these activities....more
The Polsinelli Blockchain+ team attended Consensus last week in Toronto, where a key takeaway was the increasing engagement by major traditional financial players with the blockchain industry, both through integrating the...more
Several significant regulatory and policy developments took place this week in Washington. The Senate banking committee advanced several key nominations, including Michelle Bowman to serve as vice chair for supervision at the...more
U.S. Fintech Companies Announce Stablecoin Initiatives - Several major U.S. fintech companies recently announced stablecoin initiatives. In one development, Mesh, a Dubai-based digital asset startup, announced that it has...more
The Federal Reserve has announced multiple decisions to rescind existing requirements for crypto-asset activities. The April 24 announcement included the rescission of a 2022 supervisory letter that required state member...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
April 4, 2025 - The commissioner of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has proposed regulations to implement provisions of the Digital Financial Assets Law and amend the Money Transmission Act....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
On March 26, 2025, the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions held a hearing, entitled “A New Era for the CFPB: Balancing Power and Reprioritizing Consumer Protections.”...more
March 21, 2025 - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule striking the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under...more
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for the financial and crypto sectors, with developments on Capitol Hill and from key regulatory agencies. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Michelle Bowman as the...more
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
In other news from last month, we found out that Brian Quintenz was nominated by President Trump to serve as the next CFTC Chair. See our synopsis on Quintenz below. If and when Quintenz is confirmed—TBD on when the Senate...more
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
The Biden administration's approach to digital assets and crypto products frustrated industry participants and advocates for years. As the SEC, CFTC, FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve, and even CFPB attempted to regulate these...more
A significant headwind for companies in the digital asset space is that they have reportedly struggled to secure and maintain relationships with banks, in what is now called “Choke Point 2.0.” With the incoming Trump...more
In this update, we focus on the potential changes in the executive branch and on the congressional committees that have jurisdiction over cryptocurrency. As the transition unfolds, much attention is on who will stay from the...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
Typical legal newsletters might introduce a post-Thanksgiving edition with a line or two about gratitude for readers and clients. We at Explainer Things are certainly thankful for clients and readers alike, but we are far...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Finance 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
Last year’s cryptocurrency market crash a/k/a “the crypto winter” did not cause trembles in the U.S. economy, but it caused enormous losses to its investors. The near collapse of this decentralized currency market resulted in...more