Podcast: Private Fund Regulatory Update: Post-U.S. Government Shutdown
Podcast: Keeping Up with Recent Changes and Trends in Private Fund Regulation
On July 9, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing titled “From Wall Street to Web3: Building Tomorrow’s Digital Asset Markets,” which focused on bipartisan efforts to establish a federal regulatory framework for digital...more
Crypto policy continues to be a hot topic in the nation’s Capitol ahead of the July 4 holiday. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) and Digital Assets Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) announced that the...more
Momentum continues to build for digital asset policy reform in Washington, with both chambers of Congress taking notable steps to advance legislative efforts. On June 23, the House passed several financial services and...more
On June 24, Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC), Subcommittee on Digital Assets Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) released a set of guiding principles for the...more
On June 24, Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott, R-S.C., along with Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo.; Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., released a set of principles outlining the foundation for a...more
Two significant legislative efforts took center stage this week, offering a clearer view of where Congress may be heading on crypto regulation. A revised version of the GENIUS Act, legislation to establish a federal framework...more
On April 24, four members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs sent a letter to the FDIC requesting information regarding DOGE’s involvement at the FDIC. The senators are seeking information...more
We have reported on stablecoin regulation and legislation several times over the last few years, including on the most recent stablecoin legislation that appeared to have traction on a bi-partisan basis, the Lummis-Gillibrand...more
This week, Congress wrapped up its final session of the 118th Congress. Crypto legislation in the next Congress will likely be based on the bills introduced in the prior session, but we might see some significant changes to...more
Department of Justice announces criminal and civil cryptocurrency initiatives as Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gensler continues to develop the agency’s regulatory and enforcement agenda. Despite an unsettled...more
The nominee for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee. The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Gary Gensler to serve as...more
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is the latest prominent government official to express concerns about Facebook’s coming Libra launch. Speaking at a briefing yesterday, Mnuchin focused on national security issues related to...more
Last month, SEC chairman Jay Clayton and CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo testified before the Senate Banking Committee on their agencies’ regulatory efforts with respect to cryptoassets and ICOs. The written testimonies...more
This week, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held hearings focused in part on Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) and the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”)....more