Introduction The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the “GENIUS Act” or the “Act”) establishes a legal framework for defining, issuing, custodying and managing a specific kind of...more
Many of the transactions involving qualified financial contracts (“QFC”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank constitute Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) jurisdictional transactions that may be...more
3/15/2023
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Commodities ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Depository Institutions ,
Derivatives ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Futures ,
Insolvency ,
Qualified Financial Contracts (QFC) ,
Receivership ,
Silicon Valley ,
Swaps
A lot of ink has been spilled in the last 72 hours regarding the historic developments involving Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Our quick summary of the facts and law is below. Cadwalader will continue to monitor...more