4/14/2025 5:01:24 PM SEC Issues Crypto Securities Disclosure Statement as IRS DeFi Broker Rule Repealed By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a new statement about SEC staff’s experience with SEC...
4/10/2025 6:47:49 PM After 12 Enforcement Actions and 9 No-Action Letters, CFTC Staff Effectively Repeals the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark Disclosure Requirement By Carl Kennedy The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC or Commission) Market Participants Division (MPD) issued Letter 25-09, which effectively...
4/7/2025 2:41:29 PM SEC Provides Stablecoin Guidance Amid Legislative Developments By Dan Davis Alex Kim On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance clarifying when certain...
4/1/2025 8:38:58 PM CFTC Withdraws Pair of Advisories on Heightened Review Approach to Digital Asset Derivatives By Dan Davis On March 28, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two press releases announcing the withdrawal of two...
4/1/2025 6:28:31 PM Winding Back the Clock: CFTC Withdraws Controversial SEF Registration Staff Letter By Carl Kennedy Carolyn Jackson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins +1 more... Show less The Division of Market Oversight (DMO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has withdrawn its previous staff advisory...
3/21/2025 2:49:26 PM SEC Clarifies Position on Proof-of-Work Mining: What It Means for Bitcoin and Beyond By Dan Davis Alex Kim The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued a significant statement yesterday that certain...
3/17/2025 7:33:09 PM FINRA Proposes and Seeks Comment on Simplified Rules for Outside Business Activities and Private Securities Transactions By Wayne Aaron On Friday, March 14, in Regulatory Notice 25-05, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proposed a new rule to address when...
3/7/2025 10:36:26 PM CFPB Drops Challenge That Lease-to-Own Agreements Be Regulated As "Credit" By Eric Hail Ted Huffman On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped its high-profile enforcement action against Acima in Utah federal...
3/7/2025 6:48:52 PM Executive Order Establishes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile By Dan Davis Alex Kim Bitcoin and other digital assets now have a welcome home in the United States government. On March 6, President Trump signed an executive...
3/5/2025 11:46:48 PM NYDFS Annual Compliance Submissions Due April 15, 2025 and New Compliance Requirements Effective on May 1, 2025 By Trisha Sircar As we previously reported, in 2023 the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) amended its cybersecurity regulation, 23...
2/12/2025 5:58:06 PM CFPB Shaken Up While Courts Address Consumer Fraud Obligations Under EFTA and Convenience Fees By Stuart Richter Eric Hail Ted Huffman Camille Brooks +1 more... Show less The new administration continues to shake up the financial services regulatory environment. The CFPB’s new acting director indicated...
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...
1/17/2025 3:06:46 PM CFPB Issues Order for Financial Data Exchange to Issue Standards under CFPB's Personal Financial Data Rights Rule By Trisha Sircar On January 8, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an order recognizing Financial Data Exchange, Inc. (FDX) as a...
1/7/2025 3:20:00 PM The CFTC Codifies the Letter 19-17 Compliance Processes Around Separately Margined Accounts By Stephen Morris In 2014, the Joint Audit Committee issued a Regulatory Alert insisting that futures commission merchant (FCM) clearing members treat...
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...
11/22/2024 11:15:31 PM Alpine v. FINRA Big News By Susan Light Wayne Aaron On November 22, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted Alpine a preliminary injunction, ruling that the...