Under the current administration, the Department of Labor has once again changed course on its view of permissible investing strategies for retirement plans, warming to crypto and private equity, and confirming their distrust...more
In a previous alert, we identified that the definition of a collective investment scheme (CIS) could capture on-chain staking, and that the UK government, acting through the HM Treasury (HMT), was looking to clarify the...more
The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2025 has been published, alongside an explanatory memorandum. The Order includes a new paragraph 22 to the Schedule to the...more
On 8 January 2025, the UK’s HM Treasury issued a statutory instrument amending the scope of “collective investment schemes” (the Amendment) under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes)...more
A recent statutory instrument aims to remove legal uncertainty surrounding crypto staking and ease blockchain operations. On 9 January 2025, the UK Government published the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000...more
On 9 January 2025, the widely anticipated Statutory Instrument exempting cryptoasset staking from the meaning of “collective investment schemes” as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA 2000) was...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) (collectively, the “Agencies”) jointly proposed a rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would impact existing confidential reporting...more
U.S. Developments - Regulatory Developments - Commissioner Hester Peirce Speaks Before the SUSS Convergence Forum: Inclusive Blockchain Finance, and Emerging Technologies - On August 1, 2019, Securities and Exchange...more