Regulatory Oversight, New Legislation, Financial Markets

Stablecoins: Revolutionizing Global Finance?

Jones Day on 7/28/2025

Following the recent focus on two major regulatory frameworks—the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (known as the GENIUS Act) in the United States, and Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 of the...more

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

Jones Day on 7/22/2025

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

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - June 2023 #2

Polsinelli on 6/30/2023

The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

State Regulations on Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technologies (Updated)

Carlton Fields on 1/9/2019

There exists no uniformity with respect to how businesses that deal in virtual currencies (also known as "cryptocurrencies") such as Bitcoin are treated among the states....more

Blockchain Week in Review - June 2018

Perkins Coie on 7/2/2018

...On June 28, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new Memorandum of Understanding meant to allow two agencies to further coordinate in areas of common interest. ...more

Funds Talk: February 2018

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 2/2/2018

Global Regulators Increasingly Shifting Focus to Cryptocurrency - After years of allowing cryptocurrency transactions to fly under the radar, financial market regulators are beginning to turn their attention to virtual...more