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...
7/24/2025 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...
6/20/2025 2:57:52 PM Senate Passes GENIUS Act: Landmark Federal Stablecoin Bill Advances to House By Dan Davis Christina Grigorian Alex Kim Michael Didiuk +1 more... Show less The US Senate has passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act) by a vote of 68-30, a...
6/12/2025 3:32:22 PM On the Hot Seat: Brian Quintenz Faces Senate Spotlight in CFTC Confirmation Hearing By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Matt Kluchenek Alex Kim Nicholas Gervasi +2 more... Show less Brian Quintenz appeared before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry (Senate Ag Committee) for his June 10th...
6/2/2025 7:04:23 PM Can There be Only One? The CFTC Faces an Unprecedented Moment with Potentially One Commissioner By Carl Kennedy Dan Davis Nicholas Gervasi As commissioners continue to depart, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) may soon find itself in an...
6/2/2025 1:32:14 PM SEC Staff Green Lights Various Staking Activities By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance released a statement articulating its position that...
5/30/2025 5:46:47 PM Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Usury Law: Maximum Interest Must Be Calculated Using the Actuarial Method Resulting in Lower Interest Charges as Principal Balance Declines By Ted Huffman Eric Hail Commercial lenders in Texas should be made aware of the Texas Supreme Court’s new decision in American Pearl Group, LLC v. National...