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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Key Takeaways from the White House Crypto Report

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On July 30, 2025, the White House released a 166-page report titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” (the “Report”).[1] Authored by a working group of cabinet members and federal agency...more

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A Legal Whirlwind Settles: Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Tornado Cash

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On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officially lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash, the decentralized cryptocurrency mixer it had blacklisted in August 2022....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Treasury and Justice Department Reports Signal Tougher Enforcement and Regulation in the Digital Assets Sector

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On September 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Department of Justice released four much-anticipated reports on different aspects of cryptoasset regulation. They confirm the Biden administration’s broad but...more

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Ethereum Moves to PoS; Firms Launch Crypto, NFT Initiatives; EO Crypto Energy Impact Report Published; Crypto Addressed by OFAC,...

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Ethereum Network Completes Transition to Proof of Stake Consensus - After years of development and delays, Ethereum’s long-awaited “merge” occurred this week, changing the network’s consensus mechanism from proof-of-work...more

Winstead PC

What to Expect from the SEC Under the Biden Administration

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The dust has settled on the 2020 election, and the Biden administration has begun pressing forward with its policy objectives. Critical to achieving such objectives is the Democrats’ control of both the House of...more

Perkins Coie

Blockchain Week in Review - November 2020

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U.S. Developments - DOJ Seizes More Than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency from Silk Road Hacker - On November 5, the U.S. Department of Justice (the DOJ) announced that it seized more than 69,000 Bitcoin, now worth more than $1...more

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