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On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed the Guaranteed Essential National Infrastructure for U.S. Act (the “GENIUS Act”) into law, marking the first comprehensive U.S. federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. ...more
On July 18, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS ACT) was signed into law, creating the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins. The law prohibits the issuance...more
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This passage followed a successful cloture vote earlier in May. The bill obtained significant...more
US Bank Unveils ‘Deposit Token’; Exchange Launches Multiple Crypto Products - According to recent reports, the largest bank in the U.S. has unveiled plans to pilot a so-called “deposit token,” JPMD, on the Ethereum...more
The vote marks the first time the U.S. Senate has passed significant digital asset legislation and puts the industry one step closer to regulatory clarity for certain stablecoins....more
The recent advancement of the GENIUS Act marks a turning point in the regulatory treatment of stablecoins in the United States, establishing a federal framework for the issuance and supervision of payment stablecoins. The...more
On June 3, the OCC Acting Comptroller, Rodney E. Hood, delivered remarks outlining how he plans to build a resilient and resurgent financial system. The Acting Comptroller emphasized four key strategies: accelerating...more
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Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation brought against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2024, on February 5, 2025, the FDIC released hundreds of pages of documents related to its...more
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The federal banking regulators have each recently adopted a more permissive approach to the regulation of cryptocurrency activities within the banking sector. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal...more
The Federal Reserve Board ("Board") softened its stance on regulation of crypto activity by banking organizations by rescinding supervisory letters that created hurdles for crypto-asset activities and by joining the Office of...more
In April 2025, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chairman Travis Hill announced that the FDIC is focused on four key policy areas: de novo bank formation, digital assets and blockchain activities, resolution...more
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On April 1, the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Rep. French Hill (R-AR) released nine letters they sent to the heads of the FDIC, the OCC, the Fed, the CFPB, the SEC, and the Federal Stability...more
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In this episode of The Crypto Exchange, Ethan Ostroff and Alexandra Barrage are joined by Matt Bornfreund to discuss recent activities by federal banking regulators and federal legislative developments impacting the digital...more
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