A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
Powering Sustainable Crypto: A General Counsel’s View
Crypto & Politics: Insights from Former Congressman David McIntosh
Unraveling the Crypto Code: California's New DFAL Explained – The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
Podcast: How does DeFi impact insurance, employment, and litigation? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 48]
Immutable Holdings: The Preeminent Blockchain Conglomerate
Podcast: DeFi and Tax: How are digital currencies treated by the IRS? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 47]
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Blockchain for Beginners: Basic Tax Issues for Digital Assets
Kilptrick Townsend Digital Assets Minute | U.S. Treasury—Comments on Digital Assets Development Due August 8th
NFT Perspectives: A Discussion With Artist and Filmmaker Haik Kocharian
Digital Assets Regulation Framework: Commerce Solicits Public Comment
A Dive into Cryptocurrency - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Hsu Untied interview with Joseph Perkins, Partner at Orrick
An Introduction to Crypto for Financial Services Professionals
Cryptocurrency: The Regulator’s Perspective
Forthcoming Bipartisan Legislation Regulating Digital Assets
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
Digital Currency and National Security Implications
JONES DAY TALKS®: We Got This: CFTC Chair Pursues Authority Over Digital Assets
On March 7, the OCC issued its Interpretive Letter 1183, affirming that national banks and federal savings associations can engage in various cryptocurrency activities, including crypto-asset custody, certain stablecoin...more
On February 27, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a formal Staff Statement on “meme coins.” In this statement, the SEC staff took the position that typical meme...more
Recently, the Congressional Research Service published a report titled, “Federal Reserve: Policy Issues in the 119th Congress,” which analyzed policy issues for Congress in each category of the Fed’s responsibilities. The...more
On February 5, the FDIC released 175 documents concerning its supervision of banks involved in cryptoasset-related activities. This release of documents, announced by Acting Chairman Travis Hill, was part of a commitment to...more
On January 10, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a proposed interpretive rule that would expand the Bureau’s consumer protection authority under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and...more
Centralized financial intermediaries are a cornerstone for trading, settling, and clearing securities. Large institutions manage the individual accounts at the front end of these activities, while the Depository Trust &...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looking at digital payment privacy and consumer protections; the UK FCA publishing a discussion paper on admissions and...more
The California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation has created an online "Crypto Scam Tracker" that allows the public to by search company name, scam type, or keywords. Scams reported on the Tracker are based...more
During the 2024 campaign, President-elect Donald Trump took significant steps to embrace digital assets and the industry that has developed around them, positioning himself as a champion of crypto. In a speech delivered at...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK FCA publishing a consultation on two-stage reforms to the payments and e-money safeguarding regime; the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announcing a...more
Upcoming global developments for the payment sector - Asia - 1. Hong Kong: Launch of Phase 2 of the e-Hong Kong Dollar Pilot Programme - On September 23, 2024, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the...more
David Birch, an internationally recognized thought leader in digital identity and digital money, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to discuss the evolution of financial services in the metaverse, the...more
A year ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills, Assembly Bill 39 and Senate Bill 401, that created the California Digital Financial Assets Law. SB 401 added Section 3902 to the Financial Code to prohibit an operator of...more
Con una visión estratégica sobre el futuro del sistema financiero colombiano, el Banco de la República ha publicado un análisis exhaustivo de los beneficios y riesgos asociados a la emisión de una moneda digital de banco...more
In recent years, the UAE has continuously updated its legal framework to enhance regulatory oversight and adapt to global financial trends. One significant development is the amended Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the...more
Labour have won the general election, with a landslide victory of 412 seats. We address the question for financial services firms: what are their regulatory plans for financial services? Although their election manifesto was...more
The Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the Central Bank and the Organisation of Financial Institutions and Activities, along with its recent amendments outlined in Federal Decree-Law No. 54/2023, has introduced significant...more
Don’t miss out on the 2nd Annual Crypto and Digital Asset Fraud & Recovery – London conference, the premier gathering for the Digital Asset Fraud community! Stay ahead in this dynamic field by joining C5 in London to delve...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
Financial Institutions Add Bitcoin ETFs, Crypto Product Integrations Continue - According to recent reports, two major U.S. financial institutions have begun offering spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to their...more
John Gulliver — the Executive Director of the Program on International Financial Systems and the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation — joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton for a conversation about the...more
The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more
Among the many state licenses that can impact financial services companies, money transmitter licensing can be among the harder to figure out. In addition to uncertainties about digital currency and developing technologies,...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that identifies international convertible virtual currency mixing as a class of...more
The Treasury Department has recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under the Bank Secrecy Act regarding the reporting of convertible virtual currency (“CVC”) mixing....more