The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), which would comprehensively regulate stablecoins in the United States, was adopted by the U.S. Senate on June 17 by a bipartisan...more
6/24/2025
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Cryptocurrency ,
Custodians ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
OCC ,
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Payment Systems ,
Pending Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Treasury
On September 7, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the settlement of three separate enforcement actions in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space: namely, concerning the Opyn protocol and its...more
9/19/2023
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Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
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Enforcement Actions ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Token Sales
On February 28, 2023, the National Futures Association (NFA), the self-regulatory organization for U.S. derivatives market participants, submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval a new...more
3/17/2023
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Compliance ,
Derivatives ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Futures ,
Jurisdiction ,
Market Participants ,
National Futures Association ,
Proposed Rules