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House Passes Digital Asset Market Structure Legislation: Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21)

On May 22, 2024, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 4763, the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21), which would amend existing securities and commodity regulatory statutes to...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly: May 2024 #2

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The week of May 19-25 was the most promising for the regulation of blockchain technology in the United States in a very long time. Polsinelli’s Blockchain+ team delayed the publication of this Bi-Weekly update by a week to...more

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Update für Kryptowerte-Dienstleister: Referentenentwurf zur Überführung nationaler Krypto-Regulierung in das MiCAR-Regime

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Das Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF) hat am 5. April 2024 einen Referentenentwurf für zwei Rechtsverordnungen veröffentlicht, die den Übergang der nationalen Krypto-Regulierung in das europäische MiCAR-Regime erleichtern...more

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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly - October 2023

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The Blockchain Bi-Weekly presented by the Polsinelli Blockchain+ team is a rundown of some of the key stories in the Web3, blockchain and crypto ecosystems curated by our attorneys navigating the intersections of code, smart...more

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California Reconsidering the “Digital Financial Assets Law”

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As readers may recall, California previously attempted to enact a “Digital Financial Assets Law” with the introduction of AB 2269 in February 2022. In relevant part, AB 2269 proposed (1) a stringent licensing requirement for...more

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Bipartisan Group of Senators Re-Introduce the Digital Asset Money Laundering Act

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Legislation Targets Unhosted Wallets, Validators and Digital Asset ATMs - On July 28th, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), reintroduced the...more

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Take Two: The Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Assets Bill 2.0

On July 12, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican senator from Wyoming who sits on the Agriculture Committee, joined...more

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Congress Getting in on Barbenheimer Action, Goes for Crypto Tax Double Feature

Recent legislative action suggests that Congress is eager to resolve many unanswered crypto tax issues.  On July 11, 2023, Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Crapo released an open letter to the “members of the digital asset...more

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Blockchain Update: Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Regulation Bill Reintroduced Following Tumultuous Year

Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R. Wyo.) and Kristen Gillibrand (D. N.Y.) have reintroduced their landmark bipartisan crypto bill known as the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (“Lummis-Gillibrand Act” or “LG...more

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EU and UK Move Forward With Comprehensive Regulatory Regimes for Cryptoassets

The European Union and U.K. are establishing comprehensive regimes for the regulation of cryptoassets. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 9,...more

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Proposed Digital Asset Market Structure Bill Could Give Regulatory Clarity; But is it the Regulatory Clarity the Industry Wants?

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The Digital Asset Market Structure “(DAMS”) discussion draft bill attempts to provide regulatory clarity on crucial blockchain industry issues. These issues include when a blockchain is legally considered decentralized, the...more

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New York Settles with Crypto Company, Proposes Crypto Legislation

On May 1, NYDFS settled with a cryptocurrency trading platform over the company’s cybersecurity deficiencies, resulting in a consent order and $1.2 million fine for the crypto company. NYDFS alleged “multiple deficiencies in...more

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New York proposes “landmark legislation” to oversee crypto industry

On May 5, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced proposed legislation to increase oversight of the cryptocurrency industry. Calling the “landmark legislation” the “strongest and most comprehensive set of...more

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NYAG Bill Seeks to “Bring Order” to Crypto Industry

On May 3, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James introduced legislation that, if passed, would substantially increase oversight and regulation of the cryptocurrency industry in New York. James touts the bill as the...more

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Federal Cryptocurrency Enforcement in 2023

This is the eighth part in our 2023 series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Up next: anti-corruption. The tumultuous crypto events of 2022, combined with the heightened agency and executive...more

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Regulators Sharpen Focus on Anti-Money Laundering Expectations for Crypto Industry

U.S. regulators are signaling heightened expectations for anti-money laundering compliance within the crypto industry. Although FinCEN issued guidance in 2013 interpreting virtual currency “administrators” and “exchanges” as...more

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Biden Administration Offers More Details on Emerging Crypto Regulatory Scheme

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The Biden Administration, after ordering a series of reports on the risks and potential benefits of cryptocurrency and digital assets in its March 9, 2022, Executive Order (EO), has now published the “Comprehensive Framework...more

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In Depth: Regulation and Enforcement of the Digital Assets Markets, Part Two – Focus on Enforcement

In last week's Cabinet News and Views, we examined the U.S. regulators' approach to the digital asset space, with a focus on the assertion of jurisdiction by the CFTC, the SEC, prudential regulators, state executive and...more

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In Depth: Regulation and Enforcement of the Digital Assets Markets, Part One

As more market participants, from consumers to major financial institutions and central banks of various countries, become active in the digital asset space, the U.S. regulators are ramping up their oversight activity related...more

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The Crypto Industry Is Talking Tax, and the Senate Is Listening

On June 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the “Act”), a comprehensive legislative scheme for the regulation of...more

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U.S. Senators Propose First Comprehensive Regulation for Digital Assets

Earlier this week, U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced the first comprehensive legislation to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets to promote innovation, delineate...more

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Congress and the IRS Make Moves to Improve Taxpayer Compliance for Cryptocurrency Transactions

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, testifying before Congress in April 2021, estimated the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected in the United States to be close to $1 trillion....more

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So Close...The Cryptocurrency Industry Shows its Strength Even While Failing to Secure an Amendment

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As the United States Senate considered H.R. 3684, the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation In America Act (INVEST in America Act)”, an attempt to modify legislative language concerning...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.12.2019 | Top Story: Fed Holds Rates Steady And Looks to Stay There

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As expected, the Fed kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday while also signaling that “they would wait to see how the economy fared before making another move”....more

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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: State Law Roundup

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In the absence of new federal legislation governing blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, state governments are taking a variety of actions -- from legislation, administrative actions and government-funded studies --...more

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