The Senate passed the GENIUS Act with bipartisan support, marking a significant step forward in advancing stablecoin legislation. Legislative action on stablecoins will now move to the House of Representatives. The House...more
On Tuesday, June 10, the House Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services both favorably reported to the House H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act (as amended). Both committees gave overwhelmingly...more
In a significant development for the digital asset industry, Republican lawmakers from the U.S. House Committees on Financial Services and Agriculture have released a comprehensive discussion draft of proposed legislation...more
February 26, 2025- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled “The Future of American Capital: Strengthening Public and Private Markets by Increasing Investor...more
February 11, 2025- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.” The Committee heard testimony from the Honorable Jerome H....more
February 10, 2025 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and other...more
February 5, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Board released the hypothetical scenarios for its annual stress test, which helps ensure that large banks can lend to households and businesses even in a severe recession....more
January 9, 2025- House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (AR-02) announced the House Financial Services Committee’s Vice Chairman, Subcommittees Chairs, Vice Chair for Communications and Committee Whip for...more
On December 17, U.S. House Financial Services Committee leaders warned the Biden administration’s agencies to refrain from making any additional “partisan” rulemaking over the several weeks remaining before the transition to...more
This week, Congress wrapped up its final session of the 118th Congress. Crypto legislation in the next Congress will likely be based on the bills introduced in the prior session, but we might see some significant changes to...more
In this update, we focus on the potential changes in the executive branch and on the congressional committees that have jurisdiction over cryptocurrency. As the transition unfolds, much attention is on who will stay from the...more
September 24, 2024- The House Financial Services Committee (FSC) held a hearing to conduct oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission with testimony from all five Commissioners. In preparation of such hearing the...more
September 10, 2024 - Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S Barr delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution on re-proposal of regulations to implement the Basel III Endgame....more
September 9, 2024- Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant Paul Munter made a statement at the 2024 AICPA & CIMA Conference on Banks & Savings Institutions....more
July 30, 2024 - The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a notice of proposed rulemaking, which if implemented, will effectively roll back significant portions of 2020’s...more
July 10, 2024 - The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report.” The Committee heard testimony from The Honorable Jerome H. Powell,...more
Yesterday, the House passed H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act, by a vote of 279-136, including 71 votes from Democrats. The bill passed despite opposition from the White House...more
May 16, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2024 National Strategy for Combatting Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2024 Strategy), which provides a blueprint of the U.S. government’s goals,...more
April 17, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2024. April 17, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog...more
Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled “Beyond Scope: How the SEC’s Climate Rule Threatens American Markets.” Since, as one of the committee members observed, this is their sixth hearing on...more
March 21, 2024 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors met in open session and approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the agency's Statement of Policy (revised...more
March 20, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform." March 20, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on...more
March 5, 2024- Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), issued a statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its final rule regarding credit card late fees...more
February 14, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)." The...more
February 6, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council." The Committee heard testimony from Secretary of the Treasury Janet...more