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Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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On July 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) signaled a significant policy shift, approving orders that permit in-kind creations and redemptions for crypto asset exchange-traded products (ETPs). This marks a...more
New amendments and changes to National Instrument 81-102 Investment Funds (NI 81-102) and its Companion Policy 81-102CP took effect on July 16, 2025, regulating public investment funds that invest in crypto assets....more
Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains updates and important reminders on...more
The Staff clarifies that protocol staking does not qualify as a security under the Howey Test, clearing the way for market participants to engage in staking....more
A May 29, 2025, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Division of Corporation Finance statement explains that "Covered Crypto Assets"—crypto tokens without any inherent rights to passive income, business enterprise...more
On 15 May 2025, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets (Division) released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) clarifying how certain broker-dealer and transfer agency rules relate to crypto...more
The Staff noted that Securities Exchange Act (SEA) Rule 15c3-3(b) only applies to securities carried by a broker-dealer. Accordingly, if a broker-dealer carries non-security crypto assets (e.g., Bitcoin or Ether), a...more
Nasdaq policy recommendations - On March 31, Nasdaq announced the release of a comprehensive set of policy recommendations in a paper titled, “Advancing the U.S. Public Markets: Unlocking Capital Formation for a Stronger...more
On May 8, 2025, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered a speech at the SEC’s 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development in Washington, D.C. In her speech, Commissioner Peirce underscored the...more
On May 8, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held the 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Commissioner Peirce used this opportunity to discuss an approach to regulating...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report on the guidelines on supervisory practices for National Competent Authorities (NCAs) to prevent and detect market abuse under the Market in...more
As previously summarized here, since SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda was named Acting Chairman on January 21, 2025, the SEC has significantly shifted its approach to cryptocurrency regulation and enforcement actions, including...more
For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s invitation to crypto companies sounded simple: “Come in and register.” But there was no map, no guide and no obvious way forward – only uncertainty and risk. That changed on...more
Three months into the life of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, the SEC staff has begun taking tangible steps to define its evolving approach to the regulation of digital assets. In a series of...more
This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets. While the use cases for blockchain...more
As part of an effort to provide greater clarity on the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has provided its views about the application of certain disclosure...more
On April 4, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or “Commission”) Division of Corporation Finance (“Staff”) issued a statement on stablecoins (the “Stablecoin Statement”), outlining the Staff’s...more
The Division of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued guidance regarding the application of federal securities laws to certain stablecoins. While this guidance, released on...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published official translations of its guidelines on the conditions and criteria for the qualification of cryptoassets as financial instruments under Article 2(5) of...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a significant statement yesterday that certain proof-of-work (PoW) mining activities do not constitute securities offerings under federal...more
The Division’s statement specifically addresses the mining of crypto assets that are intrinsically linked to the programmatic functioning of a public, permissionless network. These assets, referred to by the Division as...more
The SEC’s effort to revamp the SEC’s approach to crypto assets and the blockchain industry is well underway. After forming a Crypto Task Force in the week of the administration, the SEC has been gathering input on the future...more
In welcome news, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance (Division) recently announced “[a]s part of an effort to provide greater clarity” that meme coins do not involve the offer and...more
On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that its newly-formed Crypto Task Force will host a series of public roundtable discussions on key areas of interest relating to the regulation of...more
Over a decade ago, Dogecoin was launched as a joke, lampooning the speculation around cryptocurrencies of the time and playing off the popular Doge internet meme. Dogecoin is credited as being the first “meme coin,” a digital...more