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New Legislation Regulatory Reform Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

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SEC Swiftly Launches Project Crypto and on the Road Roundtables After the President’s Working Group Report

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President’s Working Group on Digital Assets Issues Report- On January 23, 2025, the President issued an executive order entitled “Strengthening American Leaders in Digital Financial Technology” to promote U.S. leadership in...more

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Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - July 31, 2025

The President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets, established by Executive Order 14178 under President Donald Trump, has released a comprehensive report outlining a strategy to establish the United States as the global...more

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U.S. House Passes GENIUS and CLARITY Acts, Signaling Bipartisan Support for Digital Assets

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The GENIUS Act's passage marks the first major crypto legislation approved by both chambers of Congress, signaling a significant step toward regulatory clarity for stablecoins, while the CLARITY Act's advancement by the House...more

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Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - June 19, 2025

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On June 17, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the GENIUS Act (Act), which, if passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would establish federal guardrails and a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Specifically, the Act...more

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CLARITY and GENIUS Acts Advance, SEC DeFi Roundtable and OCC Agenda Drive Policy Momentum

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The digital asset policy landscape developed on multiple fronts this week. The House Financial Services and Agriculture Committees voted to advance the CLARITY Act, a bipartisan proposal to establish a regulatory framework...more

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CLARITY Act Unveiled, SEC Issues Staking Guidance and 401(k) Crypto Ban Reversed

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This week’s tracker covers several significant developments in crypto policy. Lawmakers released a new draft of the CLARITY Act, a market structure bill that would expand the CFTC’s role and clarify how digital assets are...more

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Congress Repeals Digital Asset Regulations Applicable to Decentralized Finance Platforms

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In a January 27 client alert, we discussed final regulations issued on December 30, 2024, covering tax reporting requirements applicable to certain decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms operating as noncustodial brokers of...more

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Crypto Brief - Lowenstein Crypto Newsletter - April 17, 2025

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Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more

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President Trump Revokes Regulations Applicable for Front-End Service Providers Facilitating Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency...

On April 10, 2025, President Trump signed into law a measure1 that repeals the final regulations relating primarily to persons who are front-end service providers that operate decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, which...more

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Navigating 2025: Federal Legislative and Regulatory Updates on Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast

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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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House passes Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act

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On May 22, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives (the “House”) passed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (“FIT21” or the “Bill”) with bipartisan support by a vote of 279-136. FIT21 provides for...more

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