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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The GENIUS Act: A New Federal Framework for Stablecoin Issuers

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This passage followed a successful cloture vote earlier in May. The bill obtained significant...more

Perkins Coie

GENIUS Act Passes US Senate in Significant Step Towards Regulatory Clarity for Stablecoins

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The U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act or GENIUS Act (S.1582) (the Act) in a 68-30 bipartisan vote on June 17, 2025. The GENIUS Act would provide a clear regulatory...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Navigating the Future of Stablecoins: Highlights from the Proposed GENIUS Act

On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. If enacted, the bill would establish a comprehensive federal regulatory framework for stablecoins...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Senate Passes GENIUS Act: Landmark Federal Stablecoin Bill Advances to House

The US Senate has passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) by a vote of 68-30, a significant development for cryptocurrency regulation in the United States. This passage...more

King & Spalding

OCC Clarifies Crypto-Asset Guidance

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) have both recently taken actions and issued statements that indicate a more permissive bank regulatory approach to...more

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FDIC Streamlines Process for Cryptocurrency Activities by Banks It Regulates and Speculates on Additional Permissible Activities

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On March 28, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued guidance on state nonmember bank and state savings association participation in certain cryptocurrency activities (“FIL-7-2025”). ...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Banking Agencies Begin Publishing Updated Crypto Guidance

On March 28, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) rescinded Biden administration guidance related to state-chartered banks' participation in "crypto-related activities" and published a new interpretation of the...more

BakerHostetler

US Banks Launch New Stablecoin; NFT Markets Expand; OCC Promotes Stablecoin Regulation; Blockchain Networks Evolve; Exchange...

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US Banks Launch New Stablecoin, Data Shows Increasing Interest in Crypto - In a recent press release, an association of FDIC-insured financial institutions announced the launch of the USDF Consortium (Consortium). The...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCC Chief Counsel Clarifies Bank Authority to Engage in Crypto

On November 18, the Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a fourth interpretive letter (Letter 1179) regarding whether it is permissible for national banks and federal savings...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: November 2021

Federal Banking Agencies Publish Policy Road Map for Crypto-Asset Activities - The federal banking agencies have issued a joint statement summarizing their interagency “policy sprints” focused on crypto-asset activities...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Brian Brooks' Last Dance

So let’s dance this last dance. On Jan. 4, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published a Chief Counsel’s Interpretative Letter (the “Letter”) ‎confirming the authority of national banks’ and federal...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OCC Permits National Banks And Federal Savings Associations To Use Independent Node Verification Networks And Stablecoins For...

As part of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) declared effort to keep pace with a mounting demand for faster, cheaper, and more efficient payments, and the widespread adoption of new technologies, the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

OCC authorizes banks to use blockchains and stablecoins for payments

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On January 4, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published an Interpretive Letter clarifying the authority of national banks and federal savings associations to participate in independent node...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - October 2020

Recent and significant regulatory and legislative events in the digital asset space demonstrate the evolving and expanding approach by U.S. and international regulators to the burgeoning digital asset markets. These...more

K&L Gates LLP

OCC Confirms National Banks Can Hold (Certain) Stablecoin Reserves

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On 21 September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Interpretive Letter Number 11721 (Letter) confirming that national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, national banks) can hold...more

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