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Paul Hastings LLP

Banking Regulators Clarify Crypto Custody Expectations, Congress Advances Landmark Digital Asset Legislation and Senate Releases...

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In a pivotal week for digital asset policy, federal banking regulators issued long-awaited guidance outlining risk-management expectations for crypto-asset safekeeping activities. The OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC released a...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - Security for New Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

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New Bitcoin Strategic Reserve: On March 7, 2025, the White House hosted a Digital Assets Summit to celebrate the creation of a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and a Digital Assets Stockpile by an Executive Order titled,...more

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The Tornado Cash Delisting And Sanctions Compliance Implications For Crypto

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On 21 March 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed Tornado Cash, a virtual currency mixer, from its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List),...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Competing Stablecoin Bills Reflect Consensus and Divergence on Key Issues

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Stablecoin regulation is a top priority for lawmakers, and three recent proposals reflect differing perspectives on how to achieve regulatory clarity while balancing safety and innovation....more

Holland & Knight LLP

President Trump Signs Executive Order on Digital Assets

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Jan. 23, 2025, titled Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology. The EO focuses on promoting U.S. leadership in blockchain, digital assets and...more

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PHFintech: Crypto Policy Tracker - December 13, 2024

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A significant headwind for companies in the digital asset space is that they have reportedly struggled to secure and maintain relationships with banks, in what is now called “Choke Point 2.0.” With the incoming Trump...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FinCEN Issues Alert for Financial Institutions on Red Flags for “Pig Butchering” Schemes

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On September 8, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of Treasury (FinCEN) issued an alert warning financial institutions to be vigilant against a prominent virtual currency investment scam called...more

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U.S. Authorities Amplify Enforcement Efforts to Address Financial Crime Risks in the Digital Asset Industry

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The United States Department of the Treasury has continued to signal that it will focus policy, regulatory, and enforcement attention on the financial crime and sanctions risk in the crypto and digital asset ecosystem...more

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The North Korean Crypto Threat

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Executive Summary - The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more

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Following U.S. Lead, UK Office Of Financial Sanctions Implementation Issues Maritime Guidance

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Much of the world’s focus is on the COVID-19 pandemic, and rightfully so, but sanctions regulators also have their gazes fixed on another issue: the maritime industry. On May 14 2020, we saw the U.S. Departments of State and...more

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