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Reflections on Initial SEC Policy Changes Early in the Atkins Era

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Since Paul Atkins became Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 21, 2025, the SEC has announced significant pivots in its approaches to enforcement, regulatory guidance, investment adviser...more

Alston & Bird

CFTC Guidance Clarifies Non-U.S. Person Status of Certain Offshore Trading Firms

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Our Investment Funds Team examines an interpretive letter from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that may help to clarify when non-U.S. firms with U.S. contacts can be considered non-U.S. persons for...more

Carey Olsen

GLI Cayman Islands blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2025, seventh edition

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Regulatory clarity in the digital assets and crypto space continues to be a moving target. Yet, the interest among policymakers and regulators worldwide has never been more pronounced. In the United States, 2024 was a pivotal...more

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Changes Are Coming

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Elections, as they say, have consequences. That bit of political wisdom certainly will be true again this time around—our president-elect has been announcing appointees for cabinet positions that are bound to bring about...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cryptocurrency Industry Insiders Eager for Regulatory Clarity, Foley Survey Finds

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A decade into the cryptocurrency revolution, the digital currency’s future is awash with questions from regulation and enforcement to exactly what type of asset they are to the impact of volatility in market values....more

Carlton Fields

SEC Sidelines Funds Focused on Cryptocurrencies

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In a January 18 letter to two of the fund industry’s leading advocacy groups, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management advised fund sponsors not to initiate registration of funds that intend to invest...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC, FINRA Target ICOs, Cybersecurity, Secondary Market Trading in 2018 Examination Priorities

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Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released their respective 2018 examination priorities, providing a glimpse into their plans for the year to...more

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Funds Talk: February 2018

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Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency - After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more

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Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency

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Until recently, cryptocurrencies had largely avoided the regulatory spotlight. While financial market regulators monitored the emerging sector, they largely maintained a hands-off approach as it remained on the periphery of...more

Nossaman LLP

SEC Cyber Unit Increases Efforts to Regulate Crypto-Currency

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Based on how 2017 ended, entities and individuals in the crypto-currency markets should expect increased scrutiny from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in 2018. The SEC’s Cyber Unit commenced its...more

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