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...
8/13/2025 9:00:02 AM Recent Developments to UK EMIR Reporting Requirements By Carolyn Jackson Ciara McBrien The regulatory landscape for derivatives reporting in the United Kingdom continues to evolve, with the Bank of England (BoE) and the...
8/7/2025 4:08:39 PM FCA Opens UK Retail Access to Crypto Exchange Traded Notes By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien Sara Portillo +3 more... Show less On 1 August 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a press release (the Press Release) announcing that UK retail consumers...
8/7/2025 4:02:37 PM Hitting the Snooze Button: CFTC Staff Issues Relief Intended to Reduce Burdens of Swap Data Notification Requirements By Carl Kennedy Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued No-Action Relief Letter 25-25 on July...
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...
8/6/2025 6:02:09 PM A CAT-astrophic Funding Model? Court Sends SEC Back to the Drawing Board By James Brady Michael Lohnes Nicholas Gervasi The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Eleventh Circuit) recently vacated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2023...
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...
8/4/2025 6:04:53 PM CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for SEFs on Order Book Obligations By Caron Song Carl Kennedy In a marked departure from its position since 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued No-Action Letter 25-24 on July...
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...
7/30/2025 3:56:56 PM UK Ancillary Activities Exemption Proposals Published for Commodity Derivatives and Emission Allowances By Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published a consultation (Consultation) setting out its proposed approach to revising the...
7/24/2025 7:11:18 PM FINRA Aligns CAT Timestamp Requirements with SEC Relief and Extension to 2030 By James Brady Michael Lohnes Nicholas Gervasi The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is updating Rule 6860(a)(2) so that industry members who use time stamps more...
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,...
7/15/2025 9:02:21 PM Texas Court Stays CAT Class Action, But Reporting Must Continue By James Brady Michael Lohnes Nicholas Gervasi On July 7, Judge Alan Albright of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas granted the Securities and Exchange...
7/3/2025 2:48:49 PM CFTC’s FCM FAQ Aims to Guide New Market Entrants but Adds No New Obligations By Carl Kennedy Stephen Morris Matt Kluchenek Nicholas Gervasi +1 more... Show less On June 30, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Participants Division (MPD) published a new FAQ clarifying...
6/30/2025 2:25:43 PM DORA Delegated Regulation on Threat-Led Penetration Testing Published in Official Journal By Nathaniel Lalone Ciara McBrien The Delegated Regulation, which contains regulatory technical standards (RTS) on threat-led penetration testing (TLPT) requirements under...