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...
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...
9/5/2024 7:02:56 PM CFTC’s Uniswap Settlement Sparks Debate on DeFi Regulation By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continues to expand its regulatory reach in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, this...
8/15/2024 6:14:22 PM Crypto Compliance in Focus: FINRA Unveils Key Insights on Member Firms’ Digital Asset Activities By Susan Light James Brady Alex Kim The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a comprehensive update on its insights into its member firms’ involvement in...
8/12/2024 6:26:59 PM Court Denies SEC’s Request for Disgorgement in Ripple Case By Dan Davis Alex Kim In a setback to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crypto enforcement efforts, a federal court has denied the agency’s...
8/2/2024 5:55:56 PM Artists Sue SEC, Challenging Agency’s Authority Over Digital Art and NFTs By Alex Kim Two artists have filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), contesting the agency’s assertion of authority...
7/9/2024 4:19:38 PM Ether’s Legal Status Clarified? CFTC Scores Win as Court Backs Agency’s Commodity Classification By Dan Davis Alex Kim In a victory for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a federal court has granted summary judgment in favor of the agency in...
7/2/2024 3:50:45 PM SEC Targets Crypto Infrastructure Provider: Consensys Charged with Operating Unregistered Broker and Selling Unregistered Securities By Dan Davis Alex Kim In a significant escalation of its crypto enforcement efforts, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against...
1/12/2024 4:58:43 PM See Spot Run (Finally): After Over a Decade of Rejections, SEC Approves 11 New Spot Bitcoin ETPs By Dan Davis James Brady Alex Kim Eleven spot bitcoin-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) were finally approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on...
10/17/2023 1:34:57 PM CFTC Resuscitates Version of MLB’s Former 'Neighborhood Play' to Sue Principal of Defunct Crypto-Asset Entity Voyager as a Commodity Pool Operator By Dan Davis Christian Hennion 'The Commodity Futures Trading Commission appears to have revived a version of Major League Baseball’s “neighborhood play,” as evidenced...
10/10/2023 7:30:16 PM UK Crypto AML Registrations: FCA Feedback on Good and Poor Quality Applications By Neil Robson Christopher Collins Sara Portillo On 6 October 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its anti-money laundering (“AML”) and counter terrorist financing...
10/10/2023 2:22:10 PM Join Katten for Securing Success: Decoding SEC and Other Cybersecurity Requirements in an Intensifying Threat Environment on October 26 By Katten Events In today's digital world, public and private companies are facing a growing number of cybersecurity threats while simultaneously...
10/6/2023 7:08:05 PM SEC’s Request for Interlocutory Appeal of Favorable Rulings for Ripple Labs’ Defendants Rejected Based on Well-Settled Law By Dan Davis Alex Kim On October 3, 2023, a federal court denied the Securities and Exchange Commission’s request to certify for appeal the same court’s...
9/25/2023 1:35:12 PM FCA Final Warning for Cryptoasset Firms Publishing Financial Promotions in the UK By Neil Robson Christopher Collins Sara Portillo On 21 September 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a letter (Letter) setting out a “final warning” to cryptoasset...
9/15/2023 4:26:00 PM FCA Publishes Letter on Preparations for Cryptoasset Financial Promotion Rules By Neil Robson Christopher Collins Sara Portillo On 7 September 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a letter (“Letter”) setting out its findings from meetings with...
9/11/2023 12:22:24 PM US Court Holds DeFi Developer Cannot Be Held Liable for 3d Party Bad Actors; A Week Later, CFTC Suggests Contrary View Over One Commissioner’s Dissent By Dan Davis A developer and financial backers of a renowned decentralized finance protocol cannot be held liable to private litigants for the...