Popular and institutional interest in digital assets, decentralized applications, NFTs, and blockchain technology skyrocketed, and regulators sprinted to catch up.
For the digital asset markets, 2021 was a banner year....more
1/25/2022
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An ambitious proposal could bring digital assets into the mainstream regulatory fold. During an eventful summer for the digital assets industry, it may have been easy to miss US Representative Don Beyer’s introduction of the...more
9/13/2021
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Regulators once again offered piecemeal guidance, while focusing on risks and enforcement. Meanwhile, innovation and institutional adoption took off. Last year, Latham & Watkins sounded a hopeful note that 2020 would provide...more
1/22/2021
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The US prudential regulator is paying attention to climate risks, and will likely act to mitigate those risks if they threaten financial stability.
In its November 2020 Financial Stability Report (the Report), the Board of...more
12/1/2020
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Further economic measures provide support for small and mid-sized businesses, as well as state and local economies facing pandemic hardships.
The Federal Reserve, in its continuing efforts to safeguard financial markets,...more
4/22/2020
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The three US federal banking agencies continue to take additional steps to promote the functioning of the financial system in the face of the pandemic.
The three US federal banking agencies - the Board of Governors of the...more
4/10/2020
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The Federal Reserve is finally stepping into the real-time payments arena.
On August 5, 2019, the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System (the Fed) announced that it plans to roll out a real-time payment and...more