It’s been a while since I posted anything besides my weekly crypto legal update. So apologies if you opened your email or this blog looking for legal developments. Those may or may not continue. Still up in the air on that. The tl;dr of this week’s update is that I am leaving Polsinelli to joinContinue reading “Career Update: I’m Joining the Digital Chamber to Advocate for Crypto Full Time”
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Off the Blockchain+, September 29-October 6, 2025
I have been posting these weekly crypto legal updates since January of 2023 without missing a week. My master tracking document is now 444 pages and almost 200,000 words. It has been awesome, and I am very thankful for all the subscribers and readers who have reached out to give suggestions to improve the updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 29-October 6, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, September 22-29, 2025
With an impending potential government shutdown, focus in government was understandably not on crypto regulations or legislation. Even with that, though, the SEC gave a teaser on its expected timeline for the previously announced plan for an “innovation exclusion” from inapplicable securities regulations. Also, there were some developments on payment and internet rails for AI-enabledContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 22-29, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, September 15-22, 2025
Last week, people were focused on projects announcing plans for (assumedly, governance) tokens to increase decentralization, including MetaMask and Base. The SEC also took another step forward by providing generic listing standards for exchange traded products which will allow for easier listing of crypto ETFs for people who want exposure to tokens through those typesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 15-22, 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+, September 1-8, 2025
As expected, September started with a bang with the Senate Banking Committee releasing their updated draft market structure legislative text, and the SEC and CFTC releasing various joint statements regarding agency priorities in digital asset regulation. There were also more details on the Stripe payment processing layer-1 blockchain, and prediction markets had a big weekContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 1-8, 2025”
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+, 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”
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