Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Navigating 2025: Federal Legislative and Regulatory Updates on Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: Use of Blockchain in Compliance
Unpacking the Fifth Circuit's Landmark Tornado Cash Decision — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
Navigating the Dark Side of Crypto: Crime, Compliance, and Consumer Protection – The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Crackdown on DeFi? An Examination of the CFTC's Enforcement Action Against Uniswap — The Crypto Exchange
Hot Topics in International Trade, Wyoming, Blockchain, Crypto, and the Current Landscape of Regulations
Ep. 11 - Crypto & Consumer Protection: Insights from a Former FTC Official
The Current State of Web3 Gaming
From Court to Code: Smart Contracts and Arbitration
Powering Sustainable Crypto: A General Counsel’s View
From Paper to Digital: The California DMV's Leap Into Blockchain Technology — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Nation: A Government Insider’s View
Dogecoin’s Day in Court
A Tale of Two Crypto Cases
Unpacking the Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act: Implications for the Digital Asset Industry — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Navigating the Regulatory Waters: The SEC's Wells Notice to Uniswap and its Impact on DeFi — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Navigating the 2023 Regulatory Landscape — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Understanding the CFPB's Proposed Digital Payments Larger Participants Rule and Its Implications for Digital Assets — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The President signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025’or ‘‘GENIUS Act of 2025’” (the Act) on July 18, 2025. The new law establishes a basis for regulators to permit a...more
According to a recent press release, a major stablecoin consortium announced a new partnership with a leading international crypto exchange. The exchange has now integrated USDG and seeks to offer the stablecoin to its 60...more
The surge in adoption of digital technologies and AI is rapidly changing the business, investment and security environments. The global demand for improved and increased digital infrastructure capacity, resilience, speed and...more
Major US Payment Card Company Announces Multiple Digital Asset Initiatives - A major U.S. payment card services company recently announced multiple digital asset partnerships and products. ...more
Key Points - - The SEC’s Crypto Task Force acknowledges past hostility toward digital assets and aims to create more sensible regulations. - Tokenized securities face complex regulatory challenges, including compliance...more
This is the final article in our three-part series focused on a key question: as bank-fintech partnerships continue to play a vital role in driving financial services, how does the industry make this system safer and better?...more
On March 18, the OCC’s acting comptroller, Rodney Hood, reportedly spoke at a retail banking conference on several pertinent banking issues. Hood emphasized the OCC will not tolerate debanking of lawful businesses, including...more
On March 7, the OCC issued Interpretive Letter 1183 and an accompanying statement affirming prior guidance regarding whether national banks and federal savings associations may engage in cryptocurrency-related activities,...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk welcome fellow Orrick partner Katy Ryan to discuss the state financial regulatory landscape. Katy provides an overview of how federal agencies and states interact in our...more
On March 7, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a significant update regarding the involvement of national banks and federal savings associations in cryptocurrency activities. Interpretive Letter 1183...more
It is well established how to perfect a security interest on general intangibles under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: filing a financing statement. But is there a better way for a secured party who wants to stay in...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a press release confirming its decision to expand its initiative to settle transactions recorded on distributed ledger technology (DLT) in central bank money...more
Cryptocurrency exchanges continue to be a target of hackers – and theft is the prize. On February 21, the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit reported that an Ethereum transaction was transferred to an unidentified address,...more
There have been a lot of developments at the Securities and Exchange Commission since Chair Gary Gensler resigned on January 20 during President Trump's inauguration. Most of those are groundbreaking, but the last one is just...more
Recently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released 175 documents concerning its supervision of banks engaged in, or seeking to engage in, crypto-related activities. This release marks a significant step...more
On February 5, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) released 175 documents related to supervision of banks it oversees that either engaged in or sought to engage in crypto-related activities. Acting Chairman...more
The volume of news coming out from regulatory Washington, spurred by Executive Orders and new agency heads has been impressive since Trump took office on January 20. But, the amount of movement regarding regulation of crypto...more
On January 24, the Chairman for the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform penned a letter to initiate an investigation into alleged improper debanking claims based on political viewpoints or involvement in...more
Centralized financial intermediaries are a cornerstone for trading, settling, and clearing securities. Large institutions manage the individual accounts at the front end of these activities, while the Depository Trust &...more
On 23 January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) repealed the infamous Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121 with the publication of the already much-lauded SAB 122. With President Donald Trump taking office on...more
Ask any centralized cryptocurrency firm to name one of their biggest priorities or challenges—and then count the number of times they mention bank partnerships. For crypto firms, the loss of, or failure to acquire, a bank...more
In this issue of Wilson Sonsini's Focus on Fintech, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to bank-fintech partnerships, cryptocurrency and virtual currency updates,...more
In the latest episode of The Crypto Exchange, host Ethan Ostroff is joined by colleagues Brett Broczkowski and Mike Lowe to discuss the intersection of crime and cryptocurrency, with a focus on the challenges financial...more
Bob Brewer, VP of Marketing/NBD Braumiller Law Group and Braumiller Consulting Group sits down with James Holbein, Washington DC Of Counsel to discuss Wyoming and DUNA’s, blockchain, and crypto’s current regulation landscape....more
In recent years, the virtual asset industry has experienced exponential growth, bringing about innovations in digital payments, tokenisation and decentralised finance (Defi). While highly innovative, the volatile nature of...more