After the flurry of activity over the past month, it was a relatively calm week in crypto legal developments. The main event worth tracking was the conclusion of the DOJ v. Roman Storm trial, which ended in one guilty verdict for an unlicensed money transmission charge related to the creation of non-custodial open-source software whichContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 4-11, 2025”
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Off the Blockchain+, July 28-August 4, 2025
Ethereum turned 10 years old last week, and the network has had many different upgrades over the years with zero downtime, which is an amazing technical feat. And Ethereum’s birthday week was a BUSY one. Between the Chair of the SEC announcing his intent to bring all American capital markets onchain through “Project Crypto” andContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 28-August 4, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, July 21-28, 2025
“Crypto Week” in the House was 2 week ago, where the House passed their market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, on an over 2-1 bipartisan vote. Last week, the Senate was able to begin their market structure legislation in earnest, revealing a discussion draft of how digital assets should be regulated at the SEC, andContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 21-28, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, July 7-14, 2025
Merry Crypto Week to those who celebrate! Bitcoin hit an all-time high last week, which was the week before Crypto Week in the House and the week the Senate got serious on market structure drafting. So that’s fun! In less fun news, the Tornado Cash developer criminal trial starts this week, which will call intoContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 7-14, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, June 30-July 7, 2025
Hope everybody had a great and safe Fourth of July! On the day before Independence Day, the House released its updated Clarity Act text, on what would have otherwise been a week with lots of minor developments but nothing worth major story attention. And shortly thereafter, the House Financial Services Committee declared the week ofContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 30-July 7, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, June 23-30, 2025
It was a calm week in digital assets, but there was a development which brought an end to five years of litigation in SEC v. Ripple, and the Senate held a sparsely attended committee hearing as it turned its eyes from stablecoins to market structure legislation. In other news, there were a few developments atContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 23-30, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, June 9-16, 2025
Congress stayed busy, as there were multiple committee markups in the House which had varying degrees of controversy, and stablecoin legislation got one step closer to being a reality, with a procedural move in the Senate which lines the legislation up for likely passage through the Senate early this week. In other news, crypto M&AContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 9-16, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, June 2-9, 2025
While the Senate continues to consider stablecoin legislation (the GENIUS Act has over seventy proposed amendments at this point) the House is now working through their own digital asset legislation with market structure being debated in various hearings. In other news, the stablecoin issuer Circle’s public offering was a huge success, and privacy preserving technologyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 2-9, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, May 19-26, 2025
After a busy few weeks for crypto bills in Congress, the week before Memorial Day provided a much-needed respite to catch up. The biggest legal development from last week was the ruling in the Mango Markets exploiter case, which could have huge implications for “code-is-law” advocates if appealed. There was also some guidance from theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 19-26, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, May 12-19, 2025
It was great seeing so many people in Toronto last week! Despite some recent drama which called into question whether digital asset market structure legislation can get done in the U.S. this year, the vibes were high and people seem genuinely excited about what is being built in the space (and, more importantly, being builtContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 12-19, 2025”
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