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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

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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

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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

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New Administration Action on Cryptocurrency Tax Regulations

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The Seward & Kissel Tax Group has collected some data and intelligence about what crypto tax changes we may see this year. President Trump aims to assess and revive cryptocurrency regulations via executive order, Congress...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

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

President Trump issues executive order on digital financial technology

On January 23, the White House issued Executive Order 14178: Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology to promote “open access to banking services” and prohibit central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Federal Initiatives for Digital Asset Regulatory Frameworks

The establishment by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a Crypto Task Force and the issuance by President Trump of an executive order entitled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology”...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Newsletter - January 24, 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

McGlinchey Stafford

Cryptocurrency’s impact on BSA/AML and Sanctions programs

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The market for digital assets has exploded in recent years. Digital and virtual currency activities provide great opportunities financially and technologically. However, such currencies can be utilized for illicit activity...more

Dechert LLP

DOJ Expands Cryptocurrency Enforcement with Formation of Prosecutors Network

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In response to President Biden’s March 9, 2022 Executive Order on digital assets, the DOJ announced the formation of a new network of prosecutors tasked with becoming specialists in investigating and prosecuting alleged...more

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Treasury Provides 30 Days for Comment on Digital Assets Development

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On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a Request for Comment seeking public input on U.S. digital assets development. The Request for Comment was published pursuant to the Biden...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2022 - Implications of a United States Central Bank Digital Currency

In a recent article , I provided a snapshot of the many reports required by the Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets issued on March 9, 2022....more

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Digital Assets Regulation Framework - Commerce Solicits Public Comment

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On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a Request for Comment titled “Developing a Framework on Competitiveness of Digital Asset Technologies” (Request for Comment). Digital assets, in this...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Commerce Requests Public Input on Digital Assets in Response to Biden’s Executive Order

Businesses connected to digital assets in any way have an opportunity to influence public policy if they submit comments by July 5, 2022. On May 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade...more

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California Governor Orders Agencies to Create Transparent Regulatory Framework for Blockchain and Digital Assets

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California's governor issued an executive order requiring state agencies, led by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, to create a "transparent" regulatory framework for blockchain technologies and digital...more

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[Podcast] Blockchain University: Relationship Drama: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and the Law

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Our fifth episode provides an overview of the key legal issues facing cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the U.S....more

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White House Issues Crypto Executive Order: Appears to Acknowledge Crypto and Blockchain Are Critical and Here to Stay; Studies and...

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On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued the Executive Order Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets setting forth six principal policy objectives in furtherance of U.S. initiatives in the crypto and digital asset...more

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Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy

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In early March 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. Digital assets, in this context, cover various types of assets, including cryptocurrency, stablecoin, and...more

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The White House Calls for a Sweeping Review of the Government’s Approach to Cryptocurrency

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On March 9, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. Here are a few key takeaways to keep in mind: The order aims to secure the United States’ position as a leader...more

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US Issues Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets

The White House issued an executive order on March 9 relating to the responsible development of digital assets in the United States. This executive order outlines the first ever whole-of-government approach to both addressing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Executive Order Aiming To Coordinate Digital Assets Policies May Bring Much-Needed Clarity

As the digital asset sector has exploded in recent years, there has been growing frustration in the U.S. at the lack of clarity on the application of existing laws to this new ecosystem and a perceived lack of coordination...more

Wiley Rein LLP

U.S. Moves to Regulate Digital Currencies More Closely: Strongly Considers Establishing a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency

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What: On March 9, 2022 President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, and the possible creation of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) for a digital form of the country’s...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

New Executive Order Signals Further Delay for the Regulation of Cryptocurrencies and Continuing Interest Around a U.S. Central...

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President Biden signed an executive order today setting forth an agenda across the U.S. government to address risks related to cryptocurrencies while encouraging continued innovation around digital assets and funds transfer...more

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Regulation is Coming for Crypto: What Biden's EO Means for Your Business

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President Biden signed an Executive Order yesterday directing several federal agencies to begin focusing their efforts on the growing cryptocurrency field – a development that will surely lead to further mass adoption by...more

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