On July 31, 2025, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins delivered a major policy address at the America First Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., unveiling “Project Crypto”—a Commission-wide initiative to modernize securities regulation...more
Coming off a busy 2024, we expect that 2025 will be a landmark year for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission). Rostin Behnam’s resignation as Chairman on January 20 marked the end of the Biden...more
3/11/2025
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Biden Administration ,
CFTC ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Derivatives ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Executive Orders ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration
On November 21, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February 2024. Those rules had defined language in the definitions of...more
12/16/2024
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Final Rules ,
Government Securities ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Market Participants ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Dealers ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Vacated
The current SEC administration has expressed the view that most crypto assets are offered and sold as securities and has proposed several rules that address “digital asset securities” or “crypto asset securities.” In this...more
3/18/2024
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Best Execution ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cryptoassets ,
Custody Rule ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Market Participants ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Dealers ,
Securities Exchange Act
On January 8, 2024, the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or the Commission) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) presented a 79-page...more
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is an umbrella term used to describe financial services provided outside of the traditional markets, that rely on blockchain technologies to create innovative products instead of relying on...more
2/9/2024
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Bank Secrecy Act ,
Blockchain ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Cryptoassets ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
IRS ,
Jurisdiction ,
Money Services Business ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
U.S. Treasury
A flurry of activity on January 27 signaled continued skepticism from the Federal Reserve of crypto-asset-related activities generally and open, public or decentralized networks in particular....more
Cryptocurrency continues to dominate the headlines, from starting the year at a high with major TV ads to questions in recent weeks about the stability of the market. In this episode of In the Public Interest, co-host and...more