3/21/2025 2:49:26 PM SEC Clarifies Position on Proof-of-Work Mining: What It Means for Bitcoin and Beyond By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a significant statement yesterday that certain...
3/19/2025 10:58:41 AM Navigating DORA Compliance: Recent Developments By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) took effect on 17 January 2025 after a two-year implementation period. DORA sets out new...
3/17/2025 7:33:09 PM FINRA Proposes and Seeks Comment on Simplified Rules for Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions By Wayne Aaron On Friday, March 14, in Regulatory Notice 25-05, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a new rule to address when...
3/11/2025 6:45:50 PM CFTC Acting Chairman Pham Announces Effort to Quickly Resolve Recordkeeping and Reporting Investigations and Pledges Additional Guidance on Self-Reporting and Cooperation By Zachary Schmitz Carl Kennedy During her keynote address at the Futures Industry Association’s International Futures Industry Conference, BOCA50, CFTC Acting Chairman...
3/7/2025 6:48:52 PM Executive Order Establishes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile By Dan Davis Alex Kim Bitcoin and other digital assets now have a welcome home in the United States government. On March 6, President Trump signed an executive...
2/24/2025 4:42:42 PM President Trump Executive Order on Supervision of 'Independent' Agencies By Dan Davis Carl Kennedy Nicholas Gervasi Amidst a blitz of executive action, on February 18, President Donald Trump signed an executive order entitled “Ensuring Accountability...
2/13/2025 5:07:06 PM SEC Grants Further Relief From Including Personally Identifiable Information in CAT Reporting By James Brady Michael Lohnes Wayne Aaron Susan Light +1 more... Show less On February 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted relief exempting industry members from reporting a natural person’s...
2/10/2025 12:23:07 PM European Commission Rejects Draft DORA RTS on Sub-contracting By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien The European Commission (Commission) recently published a letter (Letter) that it sent to the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs)...
2/7/2025 2:50:33 PM FCA Publishes Policy Statement on UK’s Commodity Derivatives Regulatory Framework Reform By Carolyn Jackson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien On 5 February 2025, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a policy statement (PS25/1) setting out its response and final...
1/31/2025 3:30:50 PM European Commission Clarifies Definition of 'ICT Services' under DORA By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority recently published the European Commission’s response (Q&A 2999) on the...
1/24/2025 2:48:51 PM White House Embraces Crypto as SEC Opens Door for Banks By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Trump administration is moving swiftly to reshape federal digital asset policy. On January 23, President Trump issued an executive...
1/22/2025 9:34:33 AM FCA Consults on Second Phase of Enforcement Investigation Proposals By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less Following the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s February 2024 consultation on changes to its Enforcement Guide and publicising...
1/17/2025 11:49:19 AM DORA Takes Effect: Key Next Steps for Firms By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien After a two-year implementation period, the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) takes effect on 17 January 2025. DORA is part...
1/7/2025 3:20:00 PM The CFTC Codifies the Letter 19-17 Compliance Processes Around Separately Margined Accounts By Stephen Morris In 2014, the Joint Audit Committee issued a Regulatory Alert insisting that futures commission merchant (FCM) clearing members treat...
12/30/2024 3:31:49 PM IRS Broker Rule for Digital Assets Faces Constitutional Challenge From Industry Leaders By Dan Davis Alex Kim Three digital asset organizations have jointly filed a lawsuit challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) new digital asset broker...
11/27/2024 4:15:16 PM UK Parliamentary Group Publishes 'Hard-Hitting' Report on the FCA By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on investment fraud and fairer financial services (a group of thirty Members of Parliament...