AI Today in 5: August 5, 2025, The AI at the SEC Episode
From the Editor’s Desk: Compliance Week’s Insights and Reflections from July to August 2025
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending July 19, 2025
Daily Compliance News: July 18, 2025, The Don’t Alter Docs Edition
Five Tips for a New Public Company Director
Compliance Tip of the Day: New FCPA Enforcement Memo - What Does it Say?
Compliance into the Weeds: Changes in FCPA Enforcement
The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025
Daily Compliance News: May 13, 2025, The Leaving on a Jet Plane Edition
Everything Compliance: Episode 153, The CW 25 Edition
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Daily Compliance News: April 22, 2025, The Upping Your Game Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 9, 2025, The Corruption at the DOJ Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For The Week Ending April 5, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 4, 2025, The Tariffs on Penguins Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 3, 2025, The Tribute to Ice Edition
Great Women in Compliance: The Future of Enforcement with Jennifer Lee
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and the World with Tom Fox, Malcolm Nance, and Philip Rohlik
US Fintech and Digital Asset Companies Announce Stablecoin Initiatives - A major U.S. fintech company recently announced a partnership with the issuer of the USDC stablecoin “to give financial institutions the ability to...more
Each month, we publish a roundup of the most important SEC enforcement developments for busy in-house lawyers and compliance professionals. For the month when Paul Atkins was sworn in as SEC Chairman, we examine: • The SEC’s...more
Companies Announce Digital Asset Payment Networks - The issuer of the USDC stablecoin recently published a white paper outlining its plans to launch “CPN,” a new payments network that aims to “bring[] financial institutions...more
U.S. Digital Asset Companies Continue Product Launches, Market Expansion - U.S. nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea recently announced the launch of its new OS2 digital asset trading platform, which expands into...more
CryptoLink is a compilation of news stories published by outside organizations. Akin aggregates the stories, but the information contained in them does not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of the firm. Akin's...more
New Crypto Products Announced, Stablecoin and BTC Data Published - According to a recent press release, OpenEden, a tokenization platform, announced that it is bringing tokenized U.S. Treasury bills to the XRP ledger....more
Of particular importance for the crypto industry, the opinion analyzes the SEC’s allegations that Binance and BAM offered and sold various tokens and programs to investors as investment contracts without registering them with...more
In the House, lawmakers continue to make progress on the Clarity for Stablecoins Act (H.R. 4766). On March 19, at a press event hosted by Punchbowl News on the policy landscape for digital payments, outgoing House Financial...more
Federal and state regulators have taken an increased interest in regulating cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and the larger blockchain ecosystem. This landscape is opaque and rapidly evolving, and many industry participants...more
New Products Launch for Crypto Futures, Wallets, Stablecoins and Settlement - According to a recent press release, a leading global options exchange has received the necessary approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures...more
White House Addresses Crypto Risks; Blockchain Firm Wins Air Force Contract - The White House issued a statement last week briefly outlining the Biden administration’s road map to mitigate the risks of cryptocurrencies,...more
Crypto Products Launch, Reports Detail CBDC Pilots and Bank Crypto Exposure - Last week, Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC), announced plans “to make USDC available on five additional blockchain...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is adding 20 positions to its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit. These positions are all enforcement-related. None of the new staff will be charged with carrying out the SEC's...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced that it will be adding 20 positions to its newly renamed Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, including fraud analysts, investigative staff attorneys, trial counsels,...more
On May 3, the SEC announced that the Cyber Unit in the Division of Enforcement is renamed the “Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit” and will expand by 20 positions to approximately 50 positions. Regulation of digital assets has...more
In 2019, regulators continued to consider whether and how to regulate blockchain technology. After the two previous years that included a high number of initial coin offerings (ICOs), many of which involved allegedly...more