We got a head fake from the SEC on releasing rulemaking ahead of the Senate’s return in September. But it was still a busy week, especially at the CFTC as it continues to provide regulatory guidance to prediction market regulators while defending its jurisdictional turf from state regulatory overreach. Also, Custodia got some support inContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 10-17, 2026”
Tag Archives: Prediction Markets
Off the Blockchain+, August 3-10, 2026
That was suboptimal. Despite pushes from industry proponents, traditional finance powerhouses, and Senate leadership, the Clarity Act was not brought up for even a procedural vote before the August recess. With the Senate now out until the third week of September, the chances of market structure legislation just dropped to the single digits. But inContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 3-10, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, July 27-August 2, 2026
Better late than never (I really need to get back into the habit of scheduling these posts to go out in the morning vs. just posting when/if I remember to on Tuesdays)! It’s the last week before the Senate goes on break the rest of August, so final push for Market Structure. It appears thereContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 27-August 2, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, July 6-13, 2026
Congress is back this week after their break for America’s birthday, and all eyes turn to the sprint towards the first week of August which will be the last opportunity to pass market legislation at least until September and likely this year due to mid-term politics taking over after the August recess. But in theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 6-13, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, May 18-25, 2026
Hope everybody had a great Memorial Day weekend, despite the rainy weather we had here in D.C. to officially kick off summer. With Congress on break this week, lots of work by all the staffers working behind the scenes to get Market Structure ready for the Senate floor. In the meantime, last week we aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 18-25, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, April 27-May 4, 2026
Forgot to schedule this before I went to Consensus events, but now you get an aftenroon edition of the weekly blog! It was another big week of prediction market developments with the comment period closing on the CFTC’s advance notice of proposed rulemaking related to event-contracts, and a new bipartisan bill dropping in the Senate.Continue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 27-May 4, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, April 20-27, 2026
It’s the week before Consensus, so a reminder to all my subscribers/readers: (1) I am not actually an astronaut and my real name isn’t Birdnals; (2) this is me, so if you are in Miami and see me, please come up and say hi! I always enjoy connecting irl with people who regularly read thisContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 20-27, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, April 13-20 2026
For all the readers looking for this in their inbox yesterday, apologies for the delay! We are cooking up some stuff at The Digital Chamber that I am really excited will be public next week, but I got distracted and forgot to press publish on the blog/put out on social media. So as a makeContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 13-20 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, March 16-23, 2026
I am still recovering from D.C. Blockchain Week and all the events throughout the week, but lucky for me, most the major legal developments from last week were announced live at the D.C. Blockchain Summit, which made it easier over the weekend to gather everything and put this update together. The biggest story was theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 16-23, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, October 27-November 3, 2025
It was another busy week in crypto law. I was personally focused on catching up on the prediction markets vs. state gaming regulator lawsuits, another of which was filed last week in New York. But additionally, there were developments in the public markets despite the SEC being largely unstaffed during the ongoing government shutdown, andContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, October 27-November 3, 2025”
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