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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2025 #2

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According to a recent press release, a major stablecoin consortium announced a new partnership with a leading international crypto exchange. The exchange has now integrated USDG and seeks to offer the stablecoin to its 60...more

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OCC allows banks to use debt securities in repo agreements

On June 12, the OCC issued Interpretive Letter 1185 confirming that national banks may use certain debt securities as collateral in repurchase (repo) agreements. In the letter, the OCC responded to a December 19, 2024,...more

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Redeemable, USD-Linked Stablecoins are not Securities – Latest SEC Staff Guidance

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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

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SEC Updates Guidance on the Use of Gross and Net Performance in Advertisements

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On March 19, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new FAQ response1 that softens prior guidance on the use of gross and net performance in advertisements. The new FAQs (the New Guidance) reduce the burden of...more

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SEC Staff Issues Welcome Guidance on Extracted Performance and Portfolio Characteristics Under the Marketing Rule

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On March 19, 2025, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) updated its Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQ”) pertaining to Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Marketing Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of...more

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SEC Exempts Brokers and Dealers from Rule 15c2-11 Review and Recordkeeping Requirements for Quotations on 144A Fixed Income...

On October 30, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order (the “Order”) that grants exemptive relief under Rule 15c2-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to brokers and dealers that publish...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: CFTC Updates Enforcement Guidance Regarding Monetary Penalties, Third-Party Monitorships, and Admissions of...

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In October 2023, the Division of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) issued an Enforcement Advisory clarifying the Commission’s approach to negotiated resolutions of...more

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CSA Release Guidance on Public Crypto Asset Funds

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This summer, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 81-336 Guidance on Crypto Asset Investment Funds that are Reporting Issuers (the “Notice”) concerning funds that seek to invest in crypto...more

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CSA Revisit Short Selling in Canada

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On December 8, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 25-306 Activist Short Selling Update (Staff Notice 25-306) and Joint CSA and IIROC Staff Notice 23-329 Short Selling in...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Rule 15c2-11 Update: The SEC Provides Temporary Relief for Fixed Income Rule 144A Securities Until January 4, 2025

The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets issued a new no-action letter yesterday that removes the requirement that Rule 144A information be made publicly available prior to a broker-dealer publishing a quotation or...more

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Ottawa Issues Emergencies Act Proclamation, Order and Regulations, Citing Blockades at Various Locations in Canada

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Executive Summary - The steps that the Canadian government has recently taken under the Emergencies Act in relation to blockades that are stated to be occurring in places throughout Canada pose significant compliance...more

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