12/24/2025 10:18:05 AM HM Treasury and FCA Publish Comprehensive Cryptoasset Regulatory Framework By Christopher Collins Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson James Wells +2 more... Show less On 16 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a comprehensive set of proposals to formally regulate the...
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...
12/17/2025 6:07:20 PM New SEC Cybersecurity Rules Begin to Take Effect By Richard Marshall On May 16, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unanimously approved amendments to Regulation S-P, which imposes new rules...
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. ...
11/19/2025 5:38:29 PM State Regulators Announce Enforcement Priorities By Richard Marshall On October 16, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) published the enforcement priorities for state securities...
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...
11/6/2025 3:53:35 PM Are You Using 'Finfluencers': Practical Guidance for CFTC-Registered Derivatives Intermediaries and Exchanges By Carl Kennedy Retail participation in futures, forex and swaps has accelerated markedly in recent years, propelled by low-cost access, mobile platforms...
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...
10/1/2025 2:31:42 PM Breaking Barriers: SEC-CFTC Host Historic Harmonization Roundtable By Carl Kennedy Michael Didiuk Lori Jacobs In what the agencies are touting as “a new era of collaboration” and “a new day for US capital markets,” the Securities and Exchange...
9/19/2025 3:53:26 PM Setting the (Generic) Standard: SEC Clears the Path for Listing Commodity-Based and Crypto ETPs By James Brady Michael Didiuk Nicholas Gervasi The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved proposed rule changes by multiple exchanges to adopt generic listing standards for...
9/19/2025 12:58:38 PM FCA Consults on Application of FCA Handbook to Cryptoasset Activities By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo James Wells +4 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation (CP25/25) on the application of the FCA Handbook to regulated...