It was a HUGE week in digital asset legal developments last week, with multiple announcements coming out of the Fordham Blockchain Summit, Predict, the Chicago Signal Forum, and Token 2049. The biggest update was the CFTC’s Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets on where the CFTC has (near) spot regulatory authority. ButContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, October 5-12, 2026”
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Off the Blockchain+, September 21-28, 2026
In what will likely be a familiar dichotomy for the next few years after the failure of the Clarity Act, the administrative agencies were busy last week implementing Clarity Act-type rulemakings and guidance under existing agency authorities. The SEC issued extremely significant (even if non-binding) guidance on application of securities laws to crypto assets onContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 21-28, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, August 24-31, 2026
There was a fairly massive ruling from the Ninth Circuit which creates an appellate court circuit split on prediction market preemption issues and which everybody believes is going to end up in front of SCOTUS eventually. There were also some updates from the SEC as it looks to modernize custody rules and works with theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 24-31, 2026”
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 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”
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+, June 2-9, 2025
While the Senate continues to consider stablecoin legislation (the GENIUS Act has over seventy proposed amendments at this point) the House is now working through their own digital asset legislation with market structure being debated in various hearings. In other news, the stablecoin issuer Circle’s public offering was a huge success, and privacy preserving technologyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 2-9, 2025”
