12/22/2025 8:26:11 PM SEC Clears Path for Tokenized Securities By Wayne Aaron Michael Didiuk James Brady Adam Bolter Alex Kim Nicholas Gervasi +3 more... Show less In a flurry of activity, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken decisive steps to integrate blockchain technology into...
12/19/2025 10:02:02 PM SEC Staff Issues Helpful Guidance on Custodying Digital Asset Securities and Complying with the Customer Protection Rule By Wayne Aaron Michael Didiuk On Wednesday, December 17, the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets (Division) issued a helpful statement (the Statement) to clarify its...
12/19/2025 6:51:04 PM Congratulations, CFTC Chairman Selig By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Michael Didiuk Matt Kluchenek Stephen Morris +2 more... Show less Warm congratulations to the Honorable Michael Selig, who was confirmed by the Senate on December 18 (and sworn in on December 22) as the...
12/9/2025 2:56:11 PM GENIUS ACT – Banking Regulators Prepare to Publish Proposed Rules By Dan Davis Carl Kennedy Christina Grigorian Michael Didiuk Alex Kim +2 more... Show less As disclosed by recent comments during Congressional hearings,[1] publication of proposed regulations by the federal financial regulators...
11/25/2025 10:36:33 PM State-Level Digital Asset Licensing: What to Watch as We Head Into 2026 By Dan Davis Michael Didiuk Carl Kennedy Alex Kim +1 more... Show less California, Louisiana, and Illinois have established comprehensive crypto licensing frameworks that mirror New York’s BitLicense regime. ...
11/14/2025 3:54:48 PM After the 43‑Day Shutdown: What CFTC Market Participants and Registered Entities Should Expect By Carl Kennedy The federal government’s 43‑day shutdown — which ended with a late‑evening November 12 funding bill and next‑day return to duty for...
10/21/2025 1:06:30 PM FCA Consults on Fund Tokenisation and Direct Dealing By Christopher Collins Ryan Hansen Thomas Laurer Neil Robson Edward Tran Ciara McBrien Eleanor Bines James Wells +5 more... Show less On 14 October 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper (CP25/28) setting out proposals to advance fund...
10/13/2025 2:26:25 PM From Enforcement to Empowerment: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins Charts a New Regulatory Approach for Digital Assets By Carl Kennedy Michael Didiuk Alex Kim Nicholas Gervasi +1 more... Show less Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul S. Atkins promoted a forward-looking regulatory agenda centered on innovation,...
10/8/2025 6:16:55 PM CFTC Acting Chairman Pham Outlines a Technology‑Neutral Approach to Digital Assets and Agency Modernization By Carl Kennedy Alex Kim At the Futures and Derivatives Law Report Digital Asset Leadership Summit, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman...
9/4/2025 4:16:38 PM CFTC-SEC Joint Statement Signals Accelerated Path to US Spot Crypto Trading By Dan Davis Alex Kim Michael Didiuk The CFTC-SEC Joint Staff Statement on “Project Crypto–Crypto Sprint” (Joint Statement) lands in the middle of an already-active policy...
8/18/2025 5:42:56 PM Key Developments and Industry Insights From Katten’s Crypto in Focus Webinar (Part 1) By Dan Davis Susan Light Michael Didiuk Alex Kim +1 more... Show less Katten and CRC-Oyster teamed up to launch a three-part webinar series on “Crypto in Focus: Regulation, Risk and the Road Ahead.” Part...
8/15/2025 8:58:36 PM Place Your Bets: US District Courts are Split on Whether the Commodity Exchange Act Preempts State Gaming Laws with Respect to Sports Event Contracts By Dan Davis Carl Kennedy Alex Kim Robert Bourret +1 more... Show less Derivatives exchange and prediction market KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi) was handed a litigation setback in defending its sports event contract...
8/6/2025 8:14:44 PM Liquid Staking Clears the Howey Hurdle By Dan Davis Michael Didiuk Alex Kim The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a staff statement expressing its views that certain...
8/5/2025 1:47:25 PM CFTC Launches Listed Spot Crypto Trading Initiative By Dan Davis Carl Kennedy Alex Kim The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched its Listed Spot Crypto Trading Initiative, which aims to establish a...
8/1/2025 4:12:25 PM White House Charts New Course for Digital Asset Policy By Dan Davis Michael Didiuk Alex Kim The White House released its comprehensive Digital Asset Policy Report (Report), fulfilling a mandate from Executive Order 14178 signed...
7/18/2025 7:40:20 PM GENIUS Act Update: Historic Stablecoin Legislation Heads to President’s Desk By Dan Davis Michael Didiuk Christina Grigorian Alex Kim +1 more... Show less After the Senate passed the GENIUS Act last month, the House of Representatives has now passed the GENIUS Act by a vote of 308-122,...