On the heels of Executive Order 14178, the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets (Working Group) has released its comprehensive report, “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (the...more
On May 5, 2025, the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee and Agriculture Committee released a draft bill that would shift oversight of most digital assets from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...more
5/8/2025
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On September 27, 2022, 15 broker-dealers and one investment adviser agreed to pay more than $1.8 billion in total civil penalties to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and, for those same companies or affiliates...more
10/5/2022
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Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R- WY) introduced new proposed legislation on June 7, 2022, which would classify the vast majority of digital assets as commodities, and empower the Commodities Futures...more
6/14/2022
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For those longing for the heady days of the cryptocurrency free-for-all, this November is proving to be the start of the winter of your discontent.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the US Securities and...more
12/6/2018
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Two important events occurred in the cryptocurrency space last week. The Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gave a speech regarding regulators’ role in effectively supervising markets in the era...more
11/14/2018
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