The big story last week was the criminal trial over against two (alleged) MEV exploiters ending in a mistrial, giving another datapoint on where the line is drawn between “code-is-law” and fraud. Additionally, people (including the Digital Chamber) had lots to say to Treasury on how the GENIUS Act should be implemented, and the firstContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 3-10, 2025”
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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+, 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+, June 16-23, 2025
The GENIUS Act stablecoin legislation has become the first crypto bill to pass the Senate’s required 60-vote supermajority needed to overcome Senate filibuster rules. Next stop is the House, where the President has encouraged quick passage but where the bill may be slowed down by overarching market structure regulation issues. In other news, DeFi lendingContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 16-23, 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+, June 2-9, 2025
While the Senate continues to consider stablecoin legislation (the GENIUS Act has over seventy proposed amendments at this point) the House is now working through their own digital asset legislation with market structure being debated in various hearings. In other news, the stablecoin issuer Circle’s public offering was a huge success, and privacy preserving technologyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 2-9, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, May 19-26, 2025
After a busy few weeks for crypto bills in Congress, the week before Memorial Day provided a much-needed respite to catch up. The biggest legal development from last week was the ruling in the Mango Markets exploiter case, which could have huge implications for “code-is-law” advocates if appealed. There was also some guidance from theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 19-26, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, April 7-14, 2025
After a few quiet weeks, we are back in the swing of things with the Department of Justice reassessing their entire digital asset prosecution strategy, the SEC working to register certain industry participants, and omnibus digital asset legislation next up for Congress. It was also a busy week in crypto M&A as digital asset companiesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 7-14, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, March 10-17, 2025
Congress continues to move fast in digital asset legislation, but it was an otherwise relatively quiet week in legal developments. The IRS crypto broker rules are all but dead, and both chambers of Congress had forward momentum on stablecoin legislation. For once, it seems like all the news regarding digital asset lawsuits are involving privateContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 10-17, 2025”
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