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Off the Blockchain+, September 21-28, 2026

In what will likely be a familiar dichotomy for the next few years after the failure of the Clarity Act, the administrative agencies were busy last week implementing Clarity Act-type rulemakings and guidance under existing agency authorities. The SEC issued extremely significant (even if non-binding) guidance on application of securities laws to crypto assets on…

Off the Blockchain+, September 14-21, 2026

Well, that was a roller coaster of a week. While Market Structure’s failed cloture vote was a bummer, the SEC and CFTC have kept their promises to move quickly to act regulating digital assets using existing authorities after Congress failed to pass digital-asset specific legislation. While the Senate process stalled, the House Ways and Means…

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…

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