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The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
Compliance Tip of the Day: Standing at the Turning Point
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Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
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Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 66 – The U.S. Strategic Reserve and the Emerging Multipolar Crypto World + Recent Developments in US Virtual Asset Regulation with Henri Arslanian and Andrew Fei
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FINCast Ep. 40 – 21st Century Financial Warfare: Technology, Economy, & National Security
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Compliance Tip of the Day: Use of Blockchain in Compliance
Navigating 2025: Regulatory Shift to the States and the FTC in the Digital Asset Landscape — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Crypto 2.0: What’s Next in the US?
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
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HM Treasury (HMT) has published a policy paper on its update on the digital gilt instrument (DIGIT) pilot. The paper follows the Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN), which closed in April and which was the first stage...more
HM Treasury has published a policy paper on the wholesale financial markets digital strategy. The purpose of the strategy is to ensure the UK benefits from opportunities to improve its wholesale financial markets, by using...more
Coming on the heels of the House's passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 ("Clarity Act") with strong bipartisan support, the Senate Banking Committee released its initial discussion draft for crypto market...more
On July 18, the GENIUS Act (the Act) was signed into law by President Donald Trump. According to a fact sheet released by the White House, the legislation aims to position the United States as a leader in the development of...more
On July 16, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce gave a speech at London’s Guildhall with other financial regulators and industry leaders. In her speech, Commissioner Peirce highlighted the historic ties between the U.S. and the...more
Albert: So, to set the stage here, my name is Albert Vanderlaan. I am the head of the capital markets group here at Orrick. I'm really pleased to be joined today by Robert Leshner, the CEO and co-founder of Superstate. I...more
On 2 July 2025, the Bank of England published a speech delivered by Sasha Mills (Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure) at City Week 2025. The speech signals the Bank's support for the digitalisation of...more
On May 29, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement clarifying its views on the application of federal securities laws to certain proof-of-stake (PoS)...more
In the rapidly expanding and evolving digital economy, tokenisation is primed to transform how we interact with assets. By creating digital representations of real-world assets on a distributed ledger, tokenisation promises...more
Climate change and digital innovation are two of the most defining forces shaping the future of global finance and indeed the future of humankind. As blockchain technology, tokenization, and AI continue to evolve at pace, we...more
In a recent press release, Custodial Bank and Vantage Bank announced “America’s first bank-issued stablecoin on a permissionless blockchain.” According to the press release, “[t]he banks collaborated on the mint, transfer and...more
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced details of the launch of the procurement process for the pilot digital gilt instrument (DIGIT) issuance. The pilot aims to: (i) enable the government to explore how distributed...more
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
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 Polsinelli Blockchain+ team took a break from the usual Bi-Weekly updates for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the Web3 legal developments did not. There was a significant ruling out of the 5th Circuit, which has major...more
As the war continues to rage on the Eastern front between Russia and Ukraine, the financial sanctions resulting from the initial invasions and ongoing conflict seem likely to continue to play a significant part in the global...more
In the last few weeks, decisions by regulatory agencies and courts overseeing cryptocurrency disputes have dominated the Web3 legal news. This can be expected to continue, even as Congress comes back from its August break, as...more
At the bottom of the stack in investment fund structures, there are generally “real” assets—things like equity interests in portfolio companies, mortgage loans, commercial receivables, maybe even bricks and mortar. Fund...more
Our last update included a whirlwind of activities, with the surprisingly bipartisan House of Representatives vote on FIT 21 and the SEC’s approval of certain Ether spot ETF rule change proposals coming in quick succession....more
The BIS Innovation Summit 2024, which took place over 6-8 May 2024, was in turns both an inspiring and surprising event. This article sets out a summary of the key takeaways from the summit....more
Jerry Comizio joins RegFi cohosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a conversation about the intricate world of virtual currencies. Professor Comizio is Associate Director of the Business Law Program at American...more
It is challenging for law enforcement to track down and trace illicit activities conducted through digital currencies. The process can be very time- and resource-intensive. Further, securing charges and arrests, and...more
The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more
While the blockchain universe continues to expand, the direction and pace of its development will continue to be influenced by a number of variables – including financial markets, regulatory environments and politics. While...more