On July 17, 2025, Congress passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S Stablecoins Act (“GENIUS Act” or “Act”) – a landmark piece of legislation that received bipartisan support and was signed into law by...more
7/30/2025
/ Blockchain ,
BSA/AML ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
NCUA ,
New Legislation ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stablecoins
At present, Cryptoassets are largely unregulated in the UK. However, the growth of crypto cannot be ignored and many argue that regulators need to take action to ensure adequate consumer protections are in place and to...more
1/31/2025
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Cryptoassets ,
Digital Assets ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FSMA ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UK
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
12/3/2024
/ Compliance ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Insider Trading ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retail Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Trump Administration
On January 8, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a jury’s verdict in a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) enforcement action against EOX Holdings, L.L.C. (“EOX”) and its employee, Andrew...more
1/15/2024
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Appellate Courts ,
Block Trades ,
Brokers ,
CFTC ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Reversal ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)