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UK Mansion House 2025: What this means for digital assets and tokenisation

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The UK government’s latest communications on 15 July 2025 in connection with the Chancellor’s annual Mansion House speech, and the launch of its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, signals the government’s...more

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Vietnam sets the stage for an International Financial Center

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The National Assembly of Vietnam recently adopted a resolution establishing the framework for the creation, operation, monitoring and governance of an International Financial Center (IFC) in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: May 22, 2025

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The Polsinelli Blockchain+ team attended Consensus last week in Toronto, where a key takeaway was the increasing engagement by major traditional financial players with the blockchain industry, both through integrating the...more

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Further suite of technical standards supplementing MiCAR published in the OJ

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Six Commission Delegated Regulations supplementing Regulation 2023/114 (the EU Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation) (MiCAR) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ), namely: Commission...more

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MiCAR under the microscope - Part 7: Prudential and capital requirements for issuers of ARTs and CASPs

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In this edition of our "MiCAR under the microscope" series, we examine the prudential requirements, with a specific focus on the capital requirements that are applicable to issuers of ARTs and EMTS and CASPs under Regulation...more

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Depositaries and capital management companies: Responsibilities in the Crypto Era

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On 25 February 2025, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht – BaFin) published a consultation paper outlining a circular that addresses the responsibilities of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - Full-Year 2024

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during 2024, with the objective of identifying...more

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Hong Kong’s Security Tokenization Support Initiative – A Subsidy Program

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Recently, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) initiated accepting applications for Digital Bond Grant Scheme (the Grant Scheme) to financially support digital bond issuers for the duration of three years. The Grant Scheme...more

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Blockchain: A Conundrum for Clearinghouses and Financial Institutions

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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

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The digitalisation of UK capital markets: Digitalised financial market infrastructure and tokenised bonds

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Digitalisation and the application of key technologies, such as distributed ledger technology (DLT), are reshaping the landscape of global finance. In this report, TheCityUK has collaborated with Hogan Lovells to consider the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cryptocurrencies Stand To Gain From New Regulators and a Receptive Congress

Key Points - - A Republican president and Congress are expected to be more supportive of digital assets than the current administration. - There is a reasonable chance that legislation creating a regulatory framework...more

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Unlocking Efficiency: The Impact of Blockchain Law IV on Luxembourg's Dematerialised Securities Landscape

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Key takeaways Blockchain Law IV introduced changes to the Law on Dematerialised Securities which added more flexibility and efficiency. It offers an alternative to the current role of the central account keeper, as well as...more

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German Parliament Passes Act on the Digitalisation of Financial Markets

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On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Bundestag) passed the Act on the Digitalization of Financial Markets (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz, the "Act"). The Act is intended to complement key measures of the European...more

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The Italian Law Implementing the EU MiCar Regulation: A "MiFIDisation" of Crypto-Assets?

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On 13 September 2024 Legislative Decree no. 129/2024 (Decree no. 129), implementing the MiCAR Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on markets in crypto-assets –...more

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Regulatory monitoring: EU version Newsletter - July 2024

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1. Bank regulation - 1.1 Prudential Regulation - (a) General - (i) International - BCBS: Consultation on report regarding various technical amendments and FAQs - Status: Consultation - Deadline for the submission of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 19: Keeping Regulatory Pace in a Global Digital Economy with John Gulliver

John Gulliver — the Executive Director of the Program on International Financial Systems and the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation — joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton for a conversation about the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - September 2023

Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Ripple is Not a Tidal Wave – the SEC’s Case Against Terraform Labs Provides a Quick Counterpoint to the Recent Ripple Ruling

Just weeks after the novel securities analysis in SEC v. Ripple Labs was handed down by Judge Analisa Torres, a different judge in the Southern District of New York has distinguished the approach taken in Ripple and argued...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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Abu Dhabi Global Market Enhances Its Environmental, Commodities, Digital and Capital Markets Framework

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The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has recently published new financial services amending regulations and various amended rulebook modules. These wide-ranging measures update ADGM’s rules on environmental matters, virtual...more

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Sector trends - July 2022: Stock Exchanges/Trading Venues

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UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Stock Exchanges/Trading Venues - Europe's FMI goes digital—data analytics, capital markets solutions, RegTech and DLT-based tech acquisitions feed the...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday, May 27, 2022

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Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Financial Services- Hearing: Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Examining the Benefits and Risks of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency-...more

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Europe’s unicorns come of age—COVID-19 lockdowns drive customer familiarity, utilisation and reliance on fintech

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Financial institutions M&A sector trends: fintech — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - E-commerce and online financial services experienced exponential growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. The significance of digital...more

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