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”
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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”
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 25-September 1, 2025
Hope everybody in the U.S. had a great Labor Day weekend. With Congress coming back in what is expected to include a legislative sprint towards market structure legislation in the Senate, last week was one of the last we can expect to be relatively quiet in crypto law updates for the foreseeable future. Still, advocacyContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, August 25-September 1, 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”
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