Off the Blockchain+, October 5-12, 2026

It was a HUGE week in digital asset legal developments last week, with multiple announcements coming out of the Fordham Blockchain Summit, Predict, the Chicago Signal Forum, and Token 2049. The biggest update was the CFTC’s Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets on where the CFTC has (near) spot regulatory authority. ButContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, October 5-12, 2026”

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 orContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 7-14, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, July 13-20, 2026

Well, it was a week where we expected market structure text that never came, but the text is fast approaching as I write this on Monday! As a reminder, we cannot hold back now. Please, I implore all of my 1,253 subscribers (including my mom and her friends. Hi mom/Paula!) to this blog to changeContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 13-20, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, June 29-July 6, 2026

Happy America’s 250th Birthday! Hopefully everybody had a good holiday and came out of the firework celebrations with all their fingers and toes. With Congress gone most of last week, there weren’t a ton of legislative developments while the move towards passing Clarity continue with some law enforcement groups who previously opposed the bill comingContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 29-July 6, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, June 8-15, 2026

It was another week with a ton of focus on the CFTC and how it is approaching prediction market rules with the first of many expected rulemakings on the topic of event contracts dropping last week. But we also got some significant rule change proposals from the SEC which will impact tokenized security trading whenContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 8-15, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, June 1-8, 2026

It’s tax szn. While all eyes are still on market structure in the Senate, the House is moving forward with various tax proposals which (if done right) could be the second biggest driver of adoption to crypto after market structure legislation. There were also a lot of developments as the banks and their prudential regulatorsContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 1-8, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, May 25-June 1, 2026

Missed the morning edition, so apologies for the subscribers expecting this in their inbox this morning. Working for The Digital Chamber is easily my favorite job I’ve ever had. Unfortunately, it may also be the only career path capable of making me nostalgic for BigLaw’s work-life balance. Apologies for the delay. As compensation, this updateContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 25-June 1, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, May 4-11, 2026

This update might be a little light as I was busy last week at Consensus and not staying up on the news as much as a normal work week, but with a CLARITY markup set in Senate Banking, I imagine next week is going to be a doozy. This is also later than usual becauseContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 4-11, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, April 27-May 4, 2026

Forgot to schedule this before I went to Consensus events, but now you get an aftenroon edition of the weekly blog! It was another big week of prediction market developments with the comment period closing on the CFTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking related to event-contracts, and a new bipartisan bill dropping in the Senate.Continue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 27-May 4, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, March 23-30, 2026

It’s officially Conference Szn, so while two weeks ago virtually all the major crypto legal developments came from the D.C. Blockchain Summit, last week it was all about the Digital Asset Summit (“DAS”) in New York and associated side events (I spoke on a panel at the EY Global Blockchain Summit which you can signContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 23-30, 2026”