Decoding Crypto Legislation: GENIUS Moves and Clarity Paths — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Crypto's Capital Markets Revolution: Insights From GSR's Josh Riezman — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 76 - The Digital Future: The US GENIUS Act and Hong Kong Stablecoins Ordinance / The Hong Kong Web3 Blueprint: Building a Web 3 International Financial Hub Report
Institutional Adoption, Tax Challenges, and What's Next for Crypto in the US — Insights from KPMG's Tony Tuths - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup Episode 2: A First Look at Data Centers: The Fourth Utility
Innovation in Compliance: Allison Lagosh on Proactive Compliance Planning for Regulatory Changes
Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
LathamTECH in Focus: How Should Crypto Companies Be Thinking About New Laws?
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
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
Navigating 2025: Trends in OFAC and DOJ Enforcement for Digital Assets — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
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
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Stablecoins: Regulatory Issues for UK and EU Banks To Consider
Navigating 2025: Federal Legislative and Regulatory Updates on Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
FINCast Ep. 40 – 21st Century Financial Warfare: Technology, Economy, & National Security
Navigating 2025: The SEC's Evolving Role in Cryptocurrency Enforcement — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: Use of Blockchain in Compliance
Our White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations Group reviews several Department of Justice statements that together signal how it will enforce illicit finance risks in decentralized finance (DeFi), focusing on...more
The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has published a new edition of its Comprehensive Update on Terrorist Financing Risks. The 2025 update presents a sobering analysis of current terrorist financing ("TF") threats and...more
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has announced the launch of a new National Risk Assessment (NRA) toolkit aimed at enhancing countries' ability to identify and address money laundering risks. The toolkit supports a...more
On August 4, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice FIN-2025-NTC1 (the “Notice”) to address mounting concerns over regulatory risks related to convertible virtual currency (“CVC”) kiosks, also...more
On August 18, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Request for Comment, inviting interested members of the public to provide input on innovative methods to detect and mitigate illicit finance risks involving digital...more
In two recent high-profile decisions, Chastain v. United States and Johnson v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed wire fraud convictions that were based on theories resembling insider...more
White Collar Crime in the Digital Age: Emerging Trends and Investigation Techniques - The digital revolution has transformed white-collar crime into a sophisticated enterprise, leveraging technology to execute complex...more
In United States v. Chastain, a split panel of the Second Circuit recently vacated the convictions of a former executive of an NFT marketplace who had been charged with misusing confidential information to trade NFTs for...more
The rise of crypto assets and decentralized finance has challenged traditional regulatory frameworks, particularly in the area of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism ("AML/CFT")....more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published official translations of its guidelines on supervisory practices to prevent and detect market abuse under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) (dated 27 June) that the ECB has entered into with the European Union's Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) to enhance cooperation between...more
Continuing the war on fraud and the attendant financial losses for U.S. businesses, consumers and government alike, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and federal banking agencies have launched a wide-ranging initiative...more
The tension among regulators between the push for increased transparency and the need to protect individual privacy is always apparent in asset searching exercises. This tension is a global phenomenon, central to the ongoing...more
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published its sixth targeted update on the implementation of its standards for virtual assets (VAs) and virtual asset service providers (VASPs), alongside an updated webpage. The...more
This guide explores the latest legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments in Bermuda and provides expert analysis on industry-wide topics including the local legal framework, the main stages of a fraud case,...more
A Significant Shift in White Collar Criminal Enforcement - The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has unveiled a comprehensive plan for its white-collar crime enforcement strategy, laying out the “high-impact” areas where...more
On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division issued a much-anticipated memorandum outlining its enforcement priorities and policies for prosecuting corporate and white-collar crimes. The memorandum,...more
Digital currency, or cryptocurrency, is an alternative payment method developed with encryption methods. Encryption technology enables cryptocurrencies to act as both a currency and a virtual accounting system. The use and...more
The allure of guaranteed profits from sophisticated crypto asset and foreign exchange trading served as the underlying predicate for the claims asserted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) against Ramil Palafox...more
On May 15, the SEC withdrew the joint statement previously issued by the Division of Trading and Markets and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) regarding broker-dealer custody of digital asset...more
Our last 2 posts discussed INTERPOL’s new Silver Notices and how they relate to crypto, along with the current U.S. presidential administration’s reversal of crypto-related crime-fighting measures as the rest of the world...more
On May 1, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Huione Group, a foreign financial institution located in Cambodia. This proposal, enacted under...more
On April 22, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against an individual and several related parties, alleging a...more
Recently, the Deputy Attorney General for the DOJ released a memo that outlined a new policy direction for the DOJ regarding the enforcement of laws related to digital assets. The memo emphasized ending the previous...more
In a significant policy shift, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum titled “Ending Regulation By Prosecution,” on April 7, 2025, signaling a change in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) approach to digital...more