Off the Blockchain+, May 20-27, 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 concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 20-27, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, May 13-20, 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 concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, May 13-20, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, April 15-22, 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 concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 15-22, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, April 8-15, 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 concise tl;dr overviews and insights into how these developments might ripple through the industry. In pursuit of aContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 8-15, 2024”

Off the Blockchain+, July 17-24, 2023

Intro/Disclaimer: In late 2022 I started preparing updates for the attorneys at my firm practicing in the Web3 space regarding what legal stories people were talking about the prior week. The firm has started turning these into bi-weekly posts on the award winning BitBlog summarizing the top stories with tl;dr breakdowns on the stories’ importanceContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 17-24, 2023”

Off the Blockchain+, July 10-17, 2023

Intro/Disclaimer: In late 2022 I started preparing updates for the attorneys at my firm practicing in the Web3 space regarding what legal stories people were talking about the prior week. The firm has started turning these into bi-weekly posts on the award winning BitBlog summarizing the top stories with tl;dr breakdowns on the stories’ importanceContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 10-17, 2023”

Off the Blockchain+, July 3-10, 2023

Intro/Disclaimer: In late 2022 I started preparing updates for the attorneys at my firm practicing in the Web3 space regarding what legal stories people were talking about the prior week. The firm has started turning these into bi-weekly posts on the award winning BitBlog summarizing the top stories with tl;dr breakdowns on the stories’ importanceContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, July 3-10, 2023”

Summary of CFTC Chairman’s Testimony to Senate on FTX

While all my friends were in Miami for the Web3 Summit and Miami Art Basel, I was stuck in dreary St. Louis watching the Senate Ag. Committee’s hearing “Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse.” The only witness to the hearing was Rostin Behnam, who is the current Chairman of the CFTC.Continue reading “Summary of CFTC Chairman’s Testimony to Senate on FTX”

Notes from Senate Hearing Regarding Proposed Bill Which Would Give CFTC Oversight on the Digital Asset Commodities Industry

On Thursday, September 15, 2022 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (the “Ag. Committee”) held a hearing to discuss Senate Bill 4760, titled the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 which was introduced by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Boozman (R-AR). Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Cory BookerContinue reading “Notes from Senate Hearing Regarding Proposed Bill Which Would Give CFTC Oversight on the Digital Asset Commodities Industry”