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This blog is designed to give attorneys and non-attorneys insight into Web3 legal topics from a user who happens to also be an attorney specializing in intellectual property, tech transactions, and complex commercial litigation. All views are my own and do not represent the views of the law firm I work at or the other attorneys at that firm.

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Off the Blockchain+, September 7-14, 2026

It’s Clarity Act vote week! Third time the charm, as there were multiple Clarity Act vote weeks in the months proceeding this one, but this time it’s on for real! We got new market structure text dropped late Sunday night ahead of the vote Tuesday of this week. We also saw the ongoing “Whitehat or…

Off the Blockchain+, August 31-September 7, 2026

Hope everybody had a relaxing Labor Day weekend! Here in D.C., we have a week until the Senate returns which we expect to include a procedural vote on market structure, and there is a big stablecoin conference this week in town which many in both the traditional banking and crypto-native spaces are expected to attend. But last…

Off the Blockchain+, August 24-31, 2026

There was a fairly massive ruling from the Ninth Circuit which creates an appellate court circuit split on prediction market preemption issues and which everybody believes is going to end up in front of SCOTUS eventually. There were also some updates from the SEC as it looks to modernize custody rules and works with the…

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