News & Analysis as of

Digital Assets Cryptocurrency FinTech

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

House Bill on Digital Asset Market Structure Would Significantly Change SEC’s Jurisdiction

On May 5, 2025, several House committees jointly released a discussion draft of a bill to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets. Notably, this proposed Act would clarify the jurisdictional boundaries between the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The GENIUS Act Advances in the Senate

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The U.S. Senate’s proposal to regulate stablecoins, known as the GENIUS Act, has successfully cleared a significant procedural hurdle, moving closer to a full floor debate. On May 19, lawmakers voted to invoke cloture on the...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Issues FAQs on Broker-Dealer Crypto Asset Activities, Transfer Agent Blockchain Use

Morgan Lewis on

The Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets of the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued on May 15, 2025 responses to Frequently Asked Questions Relating to Crypto Asset Activities and Distributed Ledger...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Charting a New Course for Digital Asset Securities

On May 15, 2025, the Division of Trading and Markets (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of General Counsel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA)...more

Mayer Brown

OCC Reiterates Full Scope of Crypto Custody Authority of Banks It Regulates

Mayer Brown on

On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued Interpretative Letter 1184 (“IL 1184”) confirming that national banks and federal savings associations may provide cryptocurrency custody...more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - May 2025 #3

BakerHostetler on

Fintech Companies Announce Crypto-Focused Acquisitions and Partnerships - A U.S.-based crypto infrastructure solutions provider announced in a recent press release that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a...more

Goodwin

Crypto Regulatory Framework Begins to Take Shape in Congress

Goodwin on

The discussion draft of a new crypto market infrastructure bill proposes a new regulatory framework based on shared jurisdiction between the CFTC and SEC, expanded CFTC authority, and new SEC exemptions for token sales and...more

A&O Shearman

BoE speech on the digitalisation of money and assets: proposed stablecoin regulatory framework

A&O Shearman on

The Bank of England (BoE) has published a speech by Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, at the Point Zero Forum. The subject of the speech was the digitalisation of money and assets, and in particular the...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States: The Continuing Shift to Modern Money Transmission Laws

K&L Gates LLP on

Within the past two months, three states have adopted the Money Transmission Modernization Act (MTMA). The governors of Virginia, Mississippi, and most recently Colorado, signed bills that implement the MTMA, and two other...more

Wiley Rein LLP

[Podcast] Crypto Advocacy in Action: A Conversation with Coinbase's Nick Carden

Wiley Rein LLP on

In this episode, Frank welcomes two distinguished guests: Nick Carden, Associate General Counsel at Coinbase, and Michael Toner, Chair of Wiley's Election Law and Government Ethics Practice. Together, they discuss the...more

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - May 2025 #2

BakerHostetler on

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

White & Case LLP

The crypto question: Digital currency dealmaking set to boom in 2025

White & Case LLP on

Dealmaking within the US and Europe is climbing as crypto assets increasingly enter the mainstream - Dealmaking in the digital currency space is flourishing, buoyed by strong industry growth, political backing and supportive...more

A&O Shearman

ESMA final guidelines on preventing and detecting market abuse under MiCAR

A&O Shearman on

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

DLA Piper

Digital Transformation: eSignature and ePayment News and Trends - March/April 2025

DLA Piper on

Today’s ever-shifting business environment means that consumers, businesses, employers, and employees all expect to transact digitally. To remain efficient and competitive, companies must digitally transform their businesses....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cybersecurity Trends in the Digital Asset Space

After years of regulatory uncertainty, the Trump administration has signaled a new approach to digital assets, including by establishing a working group focused on digital assets and nominating crypto-friendly chairs to the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Federal Banking Regulators Adopt a Permissive Stance on Cryptocurrency

K&L Gates LLP on

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Update on MiCA Implementation: Implications for Copy Trading Services

Since December 2024, cryptoassets and related services are regulated in the European Union by the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). Although the regulation provides a comprehensive set of rules for issuers of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FRB Rescinds Previous Guidance Regarding Crypto Activities in the Banking Sector

Latham & Watkins LLP on

FRB eases crypto restrictions on supervised entities in alignment with the new administration’s support for the digital asset industry....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - May 1, 2025

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SEC Chairman Atkins champions crypto innovation

On Friday, April 25, 2025, newly sworn in SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins spoke for the first time in his new role at the SEC’s third roundtable in its series discussing crypto asset regulation called Know Your Custodian: Key...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Issues Views on Disclosure for Securities in Crypto Asset Markets

On April 10, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) issued a statement expressing its views about the application of certain disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws to offerings and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Crypto Task Force Holds Roundtable on Crypto Custody

On March 25, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held a Crypto Task Force roundtable to explore regulatory considerations surrounding custody of crypto assets through broker-dealers and other financial...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: April 2025

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

BakerHostetler

Weekly Blockchain Blog - April 2025 #4

BakerHostetler on

Companies Announce Digital Asset Payment Networks - The issuer of the USDC stablecoin recently published a white paper outlining its plans to launch “CPN,” a new payments network that aims to “bring[] financial institutions...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Maryland enacts law regulating virtual currency kiosk operators

On April 22, the governor of Maryland approved SB 305 (the “Act”) which enacts new regulations for the virtual currency kiosk industry in Maryland. The Act requires virtual currency kiosk operators to register their kiosks...more

471 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 19

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide