Off the Blockchain+, August 31-September 7, 2026

Hope everybody had a relaxing Labor Day weekend! Here in D.C., we have a week until the Senate returns which we expect to include a procedural vote on market structure, and there is a big stablecoin conference this week in town which many in both the traditional banking and crypto-native spaces are expected to attend. But lastContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 31-September 7, 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+, May 11-18, 2026

It finally happened! After delays dating back to mid-January, we finally got updated Senate Banking market structure text which passed the Senate Banking Committee on a bipartisan vote the same week! It is hard to focus on much else with all that going on, since market structure legislation passing would dwarf any other digital assetContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 11-18, 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+, March 2-9, 2026

It was another fairly busy week in crypto legal developments. We got an announcement of future announcements (but it involves prediction markets, so worth more attention than similar pre-announcements), Uniswap won again in a ruling that could be used as persuasive reasoning in other matters against DeFi protocol development companies, and we got a teaserContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 2-9, 2026”

Off the Blockchain+, February 23-March 2, 2026

I don’t know if it’s just because there were a ton of developments in areas like stablecoin regulation and prediction markets that I am especially focused on, but this was a crazy week in terms of crypto legal developments. We got long awaited GENIUS Act implementation regulations from the OCC and it’s a doozy andContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 23-March 2, 2026”

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”