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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Cryptoassets Enforcement Priorities

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

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

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

The SEC in the New Administration

There have been a lot of developments at the Securities and Exchange Commission since Chair Gary Gensler resigned on January 20 during President Trump's inauguration. Most of those are groundbreaking, but the last one is just...more

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Top 10 Web3/Blockchain Legal Developments of 2024

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The legal landscape surrounding blockchain technology underwent dramatic shifts in 2024, particularly in the United States, offering both remarkable opportunities and substantial compliance challenges. Governments introduced...more

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SEC Enforcement Tea Leaves: Expected Priorities in the Second Trump Administration

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How will President-elect Trump’s reelection impact the SEC’s enforcement priorities? We looked for clues from the first Trump Administration’s Enforcement program, and also from the agency’s current Republican Commissioners....more

BakerHostetler

The SEC Speaks - Key Enforcement Priorities for 2024

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On April 2 and 3, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) presented its annual SEC Speaks program in conjunction with PLI, where senior members of the Commission provided updates on the current...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

2024 SEC Examination Priorities for Investment Advisers

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The SEC’s Division of Examinations (the “Division”) announced its examination priorities for fiscal year 2024. This eUpdate includes observations on the examination priorities and a list of examination priorities that impact...more

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New Crypto Payment and Web3 Products Launch; UK Seeks Input on DeFi Taxation; OFAC Fines Crypto Exchange; SEC, DOJ, CFTC Continue...

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Multiple Financial Services Firms Announce New Crypto Products - A major U.S. financial services firm recently launched its Crypto Credential product, “a set of common standards and infrastructure that will help verify...more

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A Time of Transition for the CFTC

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Over the past year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission continued moving its focus away from practices like spoofing, instead bringing high-profile actions in the crypto space and reaching significant settlements with...more

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SEC and FINRA to Securities Influencers: Disclose the Truth of Your Compensation, or Else!

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The SEC has settled several cases of improper celebrity crypto endorsements over the past several years. The most recent example involved NBA hall of famer Paul Pierce, also known as the “Truth.” The crux of the SEC’s...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Regulators Are Setting Sights on Crypto Market Manipulation

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Multiple U.S. government agencies have pursued a stream of enforcement actions in the digital asset industry in recent years. In fiscal year 2022, 20% percent of the enforcement actions brought by the Commodity Futures...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

SEC Director’s Congressional Testimony Provides Further Insight into Enforcement Priorities

Recently, Gurbir Grewal, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of the Division of Enforcement, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and...more

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Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Strengthen and Modernize CRA Regulations

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Regulatory Developments - Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Strengthen and Modernize CRA Regs - On May 5, the FDIC, the FRB and the OCC issued a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to “strengthen and modernize” the...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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Expansion of SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit portends more active enforcement

On May 3, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the expansion of its newly styled Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit (Unit) (formerly known as the Cyber Unit), housed within its Division of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Analysis: SEC’s Proposed Cyber Rules for RIAs, RICs, and BDCs

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In another move related to strengthening its cybersecurity enforcement efforts, the SEC announced that it will nearly double the size of its cyber enforcement unit. On May 3, 2022, the SEC announced that it will allocate...more

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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

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Relaunches and Adds Resources to Division of Enforcement's Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit

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Continuing its focus on crypto enforcement, the SEC on May 3, 2022, announced the addition of 20 positions to its relaunched Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit – formerly the Cyber Unit. The additions nearly double the size of the...more

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