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Paul Hastings LLP

Update on Crypto Market Structure Legislation: Senate Banking Draft and CLARITY Act

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The Senate Banking Committee, which has jurisdiction over the SEC, released its long-anticipated digital asset market structure legislation, titled the “Responsible Financial Innovation Act of 2025.” The Committee’s draft...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - July 31, 2025

The President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, established by Executive Order 14178 under President Donald Trump, has released a comprehensive report outlining a strategy to establish the United States as the global...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Crypto CLARITY: The Politics, Policy and Implications of Digital Assets Regulatory Framework Legislation in the 119th Congress

The strong vote in the House for the CLARITY Act sends a clear message to the Senate that there is bipartisan momentum and support for digital asset market structure legislation. However, several obstacles remain. Given the...more

Walkers

EU CryptoReg Roundup: June 2025

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Welcome to our EU crypto update - a roundup of key Irish and EU legislative and regulatory developments shaping the crypto-assets sector....more

Polsinelli

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: June 20, 2025

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It was a busy two weeks in Congress, as key pieces of digital asset legislation move forward in both the House and Senate. While the stablecoin bill in the Senate looks like it may pass quickly, the overarching market...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK FCA Publishes Consultation Paper on Stablecoin Issuance and Cryptoasset Custody in the UK

Following the publication by HM Treasury of the draft legislation establishing a financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets in the UK, on 28 May 2025 the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation...more

A&O Shearman

The UK Future Cryptoasset Regulatory Framework

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On 29 April, the UK government published draft legislation which will bring currently unregulated cryptoassets, including stablecoins, within the scope of financial services regulation. This is the first of a number of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - November 2024 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - October 2024 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

A&O Shearman

New draft of Polish markets in crypto-assets act – evolution or revolution in the legislative process?

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Although the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2023/1114 of 31 May 2023 on crypto-assets markets (the MiCAR) was published in June 2023, the work on laws implementing it in Poland is still in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CryptoLink - June 2024 Updates

CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Taking Steps Toward Federal Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Regulation

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On May 22, 2024, with bi-partisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (“FIT21”), becoming the first major cryptocurrency legislation to...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

House Passes Landmark Crypto Bill

After much anticipation, the House passed House Financial Services Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and House Agriculture Chairman GT Thompson’s (R-PA) crypto regulatory legislation, the Financial Innovation and Technology for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Mexico Approves Bill Regarding Electronic Financial Transactions

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The Mexican Congress has approved a bill regarding promissory notes, negotiable instruments and other financial transactions using electronic means. On March 26, 2024, a decree was published in the Official Journal of the...more

Perkins Coie

SEC Approves 11 Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products

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On January 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light to 11 issuers that applied for bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). After a false announcement and a course change due to the ruling in Grayscale...more

Allen Matkins

DFPI Invites Comments On DFAL Rulemaking

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In October, I reported on the Governor's signing of AB 39 which creates the Digital Financial Assets Law.   On or after July 1, 2025, the DFAL will prohibit a person from engaging in digital financial asset business activity...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

California Adopts Digital Financial Assets Law

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Licensees, exchanges, and other market participants should prepare to comply with the listing, disclosure, capital, and other requirements that the new law imposes. On October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom...more

Allen Matkins

After Vetoing Earlier Bill, Governor Signs Digital Financial Asset Bill

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A year ago, Governor Newsom vetoed a bill, AB 2269, which would have established a Digital Financial Assets Law.  At the time, the Governor claimed that it was "premature to lock a licensing structure in statute".   What a...more

Allen Matkins

California Bill Would Regulate "Digital Financial Asset Transaction Kiosks"

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Relatively few English words both begin and end with the letter "k".  Kiosk is one.  The word kiosk can be traced to the Persian word, kūsht, which refers to a palace or villa.  In Turkish, the word became köşk.  In France, a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Government Expands Enforcement Measures To Address Fraud and Money Laundering

On 22 September 2022, the U.K. government introduced the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2022. The new bill is currently navigating its way through the U.K. Parliament and is likely to receive royal assent in...more

Fisher Phillips

What Employers Need to Know as California Passes New Blockchain Law But Declines Broader Regulation – For Now

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California just passed a new law that will continue to keep the state front and center when it comes to the continued adoption of blockchain technology. However, at the same time, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed broader...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

To Regulate or To Innovate?

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNALS A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MANAGING CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKETS - In the evening hours of Friday, Sept. 23, California Gov. Gavin Newsom quietly dispatched a controversial bill that sought to establish a...more

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