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”
Tag Archives: SEC
Off the Blockchain+, February 2-9, 2026
I didn’t hear no bell! Despite crypto prices continuing to fall along with larger market pullbacks across assets, the legal developments continued forward. After two weeks of fast-paced legal developments, it was a relatively slow week with lots of minor updates such as the Whitehouse trying to get the parties in a room to solveContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, February 2-9, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, January 26-February 2, 2026
While everybody is avoiding looking at the weekly crypto charts, the legal developments did not slow down with market structure legislation clearing a crucial hurdle in the Senate and a wild story regarding allegations that the son of a U.S. government third-party custodian made off with a haul of seized crypto. And both the CFTCContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, January 26-February 2, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, December 8-15, 2025
This was quite possibly the busiest week in terms of major crypto legal developments since I started practicing in the space in 2020. It is hard to be upset, as they are (almost) all positive and move the industry forward significantly but, like, can the agencies maybe talk and spread these out so poor PolicyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, December 8-15, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, November24-December 1, 2025
Hope everybody in the U.S. had way too much turkey and football on the couch this past week for Thanksgiving! In a short week, there were still quite a few legal developments including another SEC no action letter for a DePIN token launch, and some venture capital token sale shenanigans for a fairly large L2Continue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November24-December 1, 2025”
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”
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 22-29, 2025
With an impending potential government shutdown, focus in government was understandably not on crypto regulations or legislation. Even with that, though, the SEC gave a teaser on its expected timeline for the previously announced plan for an “innovation exclusion” from inapplicable securities regulations. Also, there were some developments on payment and internet rails for AI-enabledContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 22-29, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, September 15-22, 2025
Last week, people were focused on projects announcing plans for (assumedly, governance) tokens to increase decentralization, including MetaMask and Base. The SEC also took another step forward by providing generic listing standards for exchange traded products which will allow for easier listing of crypto ETFs for people who want exposure to tokens through those typesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 15-22, 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”
The NFTtorney 