Off the Blockchain+, November 17-24, 2025

It was another week focused on market structure, as the Senate Agriculture committee is working through the brackets in its commodities-focused market structure draft and Senate Republicans are in talks with Senate Democrats on the banking/securities focused aspects of market structure in Senate Banking. With the CFTC-Chair nominee one step closer to taking over thatContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 17-24, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, September 8-15, 2025

Most of the focus right now is on the Senate as they work through their market structure legislation process. But at the administrative agencies, things are moving forward whether market structure happens this year or not, with the SEC moving forward with implementing blockchain technology into trading equities, and the CFTC still waiting for aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 8-15, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, August 11-18, 2025

With Congress in August recess, it was a slow week as far as Web3 legal developments go. Which was a welcome respite after the flurry of activity in July and what is expected to be an equally fast paced September. There was nothing that warranted Major Story attention, but that gives time to catch upContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 11-18, 2025”

Off the Blockchain+, August 4-11, 2025

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”

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 14-21, 2025

Crypto hit a $4 trillion market cap in a wild “Crypto Week” which included some drama in Congress and started rocky, but ended with some of the most bipartisan support for various crypto bills that we have ever seen and the first digital asset bill in America being signed into law. But while all thatContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 14-21, 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”