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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Off the Blockchain+, July 21-28, 2025
“Crypto Week” in the House was 2 week ago, where the House passed their market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, on an over 2-1 bipartisan vote. Last week, the Senate was able to begin their market structure legislation in earnest, revealing a discussion draft of how digital assets should be regulated at the SEC, andContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 21-28, 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 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+, May 26-June 2, 2025
It was a relatively quiet week until Thursday, when the SEC decided to drop its case against Binance and release proof of stake guidance on the same day the new market structure bill (now named the “CLARITY Act”) dropped. Would have been nice if one of these major developments had come the week before orContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 26-June 2, 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+, May 5-12, 2025
It’s Consensus week! I am going with some Polsinelli collogues, so if you are at the conference let us know and we are happy to meet up in person. In crypto news, to say it was a busy week would be an understatement. The new digital asset market structure bill had its draft language released,Continue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 5-12, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, April 21-28, 2025
It was another week where lots of pieces on the chess board moved around but not a lot happened, with the new SEC Chair stepping into his role and various litigation matters getting updates. Crypto banking was also in the news, with the Fed removing certain supervisory guidance regarding crypto assets, and a decision regardingContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 21-28, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, March 31-April 7, 2025
Everybody seems focused on stablecoins, with the House bill on the subject passing through committee and the SEC releasing guidance on the types of stablecoin transactions that do not need to be registered with the agency. With people looking to park their money in cash during the current economic conditions, why not park it inContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 31-April 7, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, February 17-24, 2025
Even before Paul Atkins is confirmed as the next Chair of the SEC, the agency had a busy week with the crypto task force opening up for submissions on how to regulate crypto and various investigations and lawsuits likely going by the wayside. This all happened the same week there was the biggest hack inContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 17-24, 2025”
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