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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC interpretive letter permits cryptocurrency activities for banks

On March 7, the OCC issued its Interpretive Letter 1183, affirming that national banks and federal savings associations can engage in various cryptocurrency activities, including crypto-asset custody, certain stablecoin...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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - December 2024 Updates

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

Hogan Lovells

UK embraces DLT and tokenisation: direction of travel - Redefining the frontiers of financial system efficiency

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This articles provides some insights on the direction of travel in the UK in relation to distributed ledger technology (DLT) and digital assets, in light of recent legislative and policy developments that signal the UK’s...more

Mayer Brown

The Race to Develop Crypto Products is Now a Sprint, But Hurdles Remain: State Law Considerations in the New Crypto World Order

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The outcome of the US presidential election this month, coupled with the prospect of a crypto-friendly president and Congress, have unleashed a torrent of enthusiasm that has been building throughout the crypto sector this...more

Wiley Rein LLP

A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce

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In this episode of the CryptoCounsel, hosts Josh and Frank sit down with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce to unpack the complexities of cryptocurrency regulation. Together they discuss the recent challenges of SEC regulatory...more

Goodwin

A Token of Appreciation: Cryptoassets and Employee Incentives - a UK Tax Primer

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Businesses in the blockchain and cryptoasset space are increasingly looking to utilise digital currency and other cryptoassets as an alternative to or alongside other, more traditional employee incentive arrangements, such as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery - April 25th - 26th, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery – London conference, the premier gathering for the Digital Asset Fraud community! Stay ahead in this dynamic field by joining C5 in London to delve...more

Hogan Lovells

The Payments Newsletter including Digital Assets & Blockchain, March 2024

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK government publishing draft legislation on payment service contract termination rule changes; the Central Bank of Ireland providing insights into its regulatory...more

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - March 2024 #2

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Financial Institutions Add Bitcoin ETFs, Crypto Product Integrations Continue - According to recent reports, two major U.S. financial institutions have begun offering spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to their...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2024: Canada

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Government attitude and definition - As in many countries, the regulation of cryptocurrencies in Canada is divided among various levels of government and administrative agencies, depending on the nature of the activity...more

Cooley LLP

IRS Releases Guidance on Cryptocurrency ‘Staking’ Rewards

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On July 31, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Ruling 2023-14, which addresses the US federal income tax treatment of cryptocurrency units (commonly referred to as coins or tokens) that are received by...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

IRS Confirms That Staking Rewards Are Part of Gross Income

On July 31, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Revenue Ruling 2023-14, which provides that cryptocurrency stakers should include the value of the rewards they earn from staking in their gross income....more

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IRS Publishes Advice Concerning Cryptocurrency that has Declined in Value

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On January 13, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel published Memorandum 202302011 titled “[a]pplicability of I.R.C. section 165 to cryptocurrency that has declined in value.” The Memorandum...more

Ankura

The Crypto crash and the regulatory response

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Cryptoassets continue to fall in value and the industry is in trouble - The big question now being asked about the cryptoassets meltdown is this: Is it the end of crypto as we know it, or only a short-term correction? The...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Federal Reserve's New Master Account Guidelines Provide Transparent Path For Crypto Industry

State-chartered crypto banking entities and other crypto financial institutions will now be subject to a "transparent and equitable framework" when applying for direct access to the Federal Reserve's payment systems...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Money Services Businesses Penalized for Failure to Adopt Robust Anti-Money Laundering Practices

Two recent federal enforcement actions—announced the same day—have underlined the need for crypto companies to carefully consider their anti-money laundering (AML) obligations or else risk significant penalties....more

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Fed Imposes New Roadblock on Banks’ Crypto Activities

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Today, the Fed announced a new procedural requirement for banks seeking to engage in crypto activities. Going forward, a bank must provide formal notice to its lead supervisory contact at the Fed “prior to engaging in any...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

European Parliament Draft Report on Crypto

A draft report on the impact of crypto and blockchain on taxation was tabled before the European Parliament sub-committee on tax matters on 25 April 2022. The draft report consists of a motion for a European Parliament...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

An Overview of Europe’s Planned Cryptocurrency Regulations

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In 2020, the European Union proposed a set of regulations known as the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation – MiCA for short – as part of its efforts to “make Europe fit for the digital age and to build a future-ready economy...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit Expands Its Reach to Cryptomining

As recently discussed in FinTech Nostradamus, the SEC recently doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. Since its inception in 2017, the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit has launched more than 80 investigations...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

From Cryptic to (Some) Clarity: English Law and Policy Rising to the Challenge of Cryptoassets (Part 2)

In the first part of this series of articles, we examined the progress of English law to shape and build an infrastructure to support the development of a secure and certain environment for investment in digital assets. We...more

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SEC Doubles-Down on Cryptocurrency Regulation With Increased Staffing and Resources for Specialized Enforcement Unit

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Few investors made it through 2021 and 2022 without learning of, discussing, or perhaps purchasing, cryptocurrency or other blockchain assets, and the federal agency responsible for regulating the securities industry has...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

SEC to Hire More Staff in Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and Ratchet Up Scrutiny of Industry

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that it would hire 20 additional positions to the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit (formerly known as the Cyber Unit) within the Division of Enforcement, increasing...more

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