NFT – The NFTtorney

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 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+, 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+, 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 28-May 5, 2025

If you are going to be at Consensus in Toronto next week, hit me up because I always love meeting up with people who enjoy my weekly updates and learning how to make them better! It was a busy week with Congress back in session, and Coinbase is asking the Supreme Court to check theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 28-May 5, 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”

Off the Blockchain+, March 3-10, 2025

The Whitehouse hosted its first “crypto summit” and the SEC stayed busy in announcing various initiatives and roundtables and cleaning house of non-fraud pending investigations and cases. Congress was also busy, with the Senate taking a crucial first step in repealing burdensome tax reporting rules for digital asset businesses, and various members of Congress creatingContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 3-10, 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”

Off the Blockchain+, December 23-30, 2024

Intro/Disclaimer: Since late 2022, I’ve prepared weekly updates for attorneys at my firm to stay abreast of the latest Web3 legal developments. The biggest stories are included in Bi-Weekly posts on the firm’s BitBlog, where we provide tl;dr overviews and insights into the biggest stories from the past two weeks. I post the weekly updatesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, December 23-30, 2024”

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