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”
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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”
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 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”
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