Off the Blockchain+, February 9-16, 2026

Hope everybody is enjoyed their President’s Day! Last week, lots of focus was on the two hearings in the House and Senate with SEC Chair Paul Atkins, especially as the Senate continues to work towards market structure legislation which would give the SEC new powers and responsibilities overseeing digital assets in America. In the meantime,Continue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 9-16, 2026”

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 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”