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Off the Blockchain+, August 25-September 1, 2025

Hope everybody in the U.S. had a great Labor Day weekend. With Congress coming back in what is expected to include a legislative sprint towards market structure legislation in the Senate, last week was one of the last we can expect to be relatively quiet in crypto law updates for the foreseeable future. Still, advocacyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 25-September 1, 2025”

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+, 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+, February 10-17, 2025

It was a fairly tame week in terms of legal developments until the nation-state of Argentina decided to drop a memecoin on Friday and then take out all the liquidity (i.e., “rug”) a few hours later. But other than that, Mr. Milei , how was the play? We also got the name of the likelyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 10-17, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, February 3-10, 2025

With Congress in full swing and administrative agencies’ new leadership announcing their agendas, it was a BUSY week in Web3 legal developments. It seems likely there will be stablecoin legislation going through Congress in the next few months with a total market structure bill following shortly thereafter. Also, just to stay up to date onContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 3-10, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, December 2-9, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, December 2-9, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, November 25-December 2, 2024

Off the Blockchain+, September 9-16, 2024

Off the Blockchain+, September 2-9, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 2-9, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, July 29-August 5, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 29-August 5, 2024”