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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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Congress Introduces CLARITY Act to Establish Digital Asset Regulatory Framework

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U.S. House lawmakers introduced the bipartisan CLARITY Act of 2025 proposing a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets that would delineate agencies' oversight roles, establish a provisional registration regime...more

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SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit Expands Its Reach to Cryptomining

As recently discussed in FinTech Nostradamus, the SEC recently doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. Since its inception in 2017, the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit has launched more than 80 investigations...more

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SEC Targets Companies Conducting Cryptomining

The SEC recently doubled the size of its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit.  Since its inception in 2017, the SEC’s Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit has launched more than 80 investigations resulting in over $2 billion in monetary...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

More Crypto Sheriffs from the SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has renamed and expanded a unit within its Division of Enforcement to address protection of investors in crypto markets. The “Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit,” which also has...more

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The Feds Double Down (Again): SEC Adds 20 Positions to Cryptocurrency Unit

The SEC announced on May 3, 2022 that 20 additional positions will be allocated to the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit within the Division of Enforcement.  This increase in resources will nearly double the size of the unit (now...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK Revenue Guidance on Cryptoasset Lending and Staking Using Decentralised Finance

In early February, HMRC published a new chapter in its Cryptoassets Manual dealing with decentralised finance (“DeFi”). DeFi is an umbrella term encompassing a range of products which are comparable with traditional financial...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Will NFTs Push Regulators to Regulate the Metaverse?

A few years ago, NFTs were the subject of interest only for tech geeks and the cryptocurrency community. It seems, however, that nowadays, NFTs are almost everywhere. For those who don’t yet know, NFTs (non-fungible tokens)...more

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US Financial Regulators Release Much-Anticipated Report on Stablecoins

On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) released its much-anticipated Report on Stablecoins (Report). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of...more

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Regulating the Ether: Lessons for the MENA Digital Asset Industry from U.S. Enforcement Actions

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As the global digital asset industry continues to grow, regulators worldwide have increased efforts to define and shape the legal landscape through various approaches. In the UAE, for example, the Financial Services...more

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SEC Chair’s Remarks Suggest Crypto is the “Wild West,” Signaling Future Enforcement and Desire for Enhanced Regulatory Authority

Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), attracted a lot of attention following his remarks at the Aspen Security Forum earlier this month, asking Congress for more authority “to write rules for...more

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