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The GENIUS Act: What Is It and What’s Next?

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/25/2025

On June 17, the U.S. Senate voted 68-30 to pass S.1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, known as the GENIUS Act (the Act). This represents a landmark effort by the U.S. Congress to...more

GLI British Virgin Islands blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation 2025, seventh edition

Carey Olsen on 1/8/2025

Regulatory clarity in the digital assets and crypto space continues to be a moving target. Yet, the interest among policymakers and regulators worldwide has never been more pronounced. In the United States, 2024 was a pivotal...more

The Shadow Financial System

White & Case LLP on 6/18/2024

The concept of the shadow financial system rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper a month later, Osama bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda were...more

BVI VASP Update: A Two Step Approach

Walkers on 10/28/2022

As widely expected, the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") is shortly bringing into force new legislation to implement the Financial Action Task Force's standards on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (known as...more

Tuesday’s Rising Regulatory Chorus On Crypto

Burr & Forman on 9/23/2021

This past Tuesday, September 21, the chorus calling for more regulation over crypto reached a sort of crescendo. The SEC - Earlier, in September 14 testimony before the Senate Banking Committee [1], former CFTC and current...more

FinCEN Proposes Crypto Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

Morgan Lewis on 1/20/2021

Recently proposed regulations could present significant compliance burdens for the banks and money service businesses that engage in cryptocurrency transactions with unhosted wallets or wallets held in jurisdictions specified...more

Power of the Peirce: SEC Commissioner Spends Some of Her Influence on Trying to Help Crypto Network Developers

Orrick - On the Chain on 2/19/2020

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce continues to be one of the most vocal persons in leadership positions at federal regulators who are promoting innovation in digital currency and the blockchain....more

BitBlog Weekly Summary

Polsinelli on 9/18/2019

This week’s summary includes updates on anti-money laundering in the crypto-friendly nation of Malta and a proposal to regulate cryptocurrency miners in the United States to help stop human trafficking....more

All Eyes Are on Regulation of Digital Assets as Federal Agencies and Lawmakers Seek to Bring Clarity: Part 1—The SEC, Utility...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 9/12/2019

Federal regulators start to address some of the recent questions about digital assets such as tokens and virtual currencies, though many questions remain. U.S. Regulators and Congress are grappling with how to manage the...more

Jones Day Presents: Regulatory Issues and Blockchain

Jones Day on 2/6/2019

Partner Harriet Territt discusses how technologies such as blockchain and digital currencies have outpaced regulators and the steps various governmental agencies are taking to address regulatory issues....more

Blockchain Week in Review - December 2018

Perkins Coie on 12/13/2018

U.S. Developments - SEC Remarks on International Virtual Currency Enforcement - On December 5, 2018, Steven Peikin, Co-Director of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), gave a...more

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - November 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/8/2018

This is the second edition of The Distributed Ledger, a periodic publication covering the latest trends and developments in blockchain technology, digital assets and smart contracts. In this issue, we examine the SEC’s new...more

Virtual Currency: Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Update

Perkins Coie on 7/26/2018

On July 18, 2018, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), published its report to the July 2018 G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting. The report sets out FATF’s ongoing work to fight money laundering...more

Global Regulatory Update for Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/8/2018

• The rapid proliferation of technological advancements in global financial markets has caused regulators in several countries to increase their scrutiny of investments in, and implications of, cryptocurrencies. • This...more

SEC, FINRA Target ICOs, Cybersecurity, Secondary Market Trading in 2018 Examination Priorities

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 3/2/2018

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released their respective 2018 examination priorities, providing a glimpse into their plans for the year to...more

SEC Announces 2018 National Examination Priorities

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/19/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently announced its 2018 national examination priorities, which are broken down into five categories...more

The CSBS Finalizes Model Framework for Virtual Currencies

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/29/2015

On September 15, 2015, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (“CSBS”) issued its final Model Regulatory Framework on virtual currency activities (“Final Framework”). The Final Framework follows the CSBS’s December 2014...more

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