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Off the Blockchain+, December 29, 2025-January 5, 2026

It’s officially the New Year, and I couldn’t be more excited to be back in what is sure to be a legislative and administrative rulemaking sprint for Q1 2026. It was another slow holiday week without any stories warranting “major story” attention, but we have a (semi) confirmed date for market structure mark-up in the…

Off the Blockchain+, December 22-29, 2025

As could be expected on a holiday week, it was a slow week in terms of legal developments which is a calm-before-the-storm type of moment as we gear up towards the race for market structure in the new year. You can use the break in the action to catch up on all the major developments…

Off the Blockchain+, December 15-22, 2025

We didn’t get a market structure markup Christmas miracle with that process pushed to the new year, but it was still an insanely busy week. The SEC was especially busy, providing a slew of materials on the same week it held a financial privacy-focused roundtable. There was also a bipartisan crypto tax proposal floated, and…

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