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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a memorandum outlining a significant shift in policy regarding digital assets. This...
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On April 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a statement clarifying its position on reserve-backed...
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On February 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) handed the crypto industry yet another series of wins, as Acting...
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On February 20, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the creation of the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit...
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On Wednesday, January 15, the SEC appealed a decision by District Judge Analisa Torres in the SEC's civil case against Ripple Labs, Inc....
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One small step for Coinbase may portend a giant step for crypto. On January 13, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted Coinbase a...
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On November 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit unanimously ruled that the Office of Foreign Assets...
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It was quite a week for crypto in the U.S., marking one of the most important for the digital asset space and reflecting a clear rise in...
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As the two-year mark of the SEC’s controversial Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (SAB 121) approaches, it is coming under increasing...
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In a historic day for the digital assets space, on January 10, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) greenlit...
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On 22 December 2023, the SEC announced that it had reached a settlement with BarnBridge DAO, a defi protocol for trading structured...
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On December 15, 2023, the five-member U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), in a 3-2 vote, denied a petition...
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Authors: Michael Isselin, Nick Breen, Mikaela Belcher, Casey Yang, Carsten Dobler, Judith Reboul, Nicky Ghods and Aparna Luthra Welcome...
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This past week the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) again delayed decisions on whether to approve applications for what...
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On November 21, 2023 in Seattle, Washington, Binance Holdings Ltd. (Binance), the world’s largest crypto exchange, and its CEO, Changpeng...
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Blockchain Capital, a digital asset/crypto focused venture firm, recently completed the largest fund raise in its ten-year history. The...