It’s Conference Szn! There is Fordham Law Blockchain Regulatory Symposium on Monday, Predict Tuesday and Wednesday, and The Digital Chamber Signal Forum in Chicago on Thursday. But in last week’s news, Illinois has agreed to delay the implementation of their Digital Asset Tax while the SEC and CFTC continue to move forward with their digitalContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, September 28-October 5, 2026”
Tag Archives: Tax
Off the Blockchain+, June 15-22, 2026
State law taxes were the story of last week with Illinois issuing a new tax for the mere storage or transfer (not just sale) of crypto which is sure to face legal challenges, and Kentucky was sued over a prediction market tax which made Kentucky turn around and sue prediction market operators. This all happenedContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 15-22, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, June 1-8, 2026
It’s tax szn. While all eyes are still on market structure in the Senate, the House is moving forward with various tax proposals which (if done right) could be the second biggest driver of adoption to crypto after market structure legislation. There were also a lot of developments as the banks and their prudential regulatorsContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, June 1-8, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, March 23-30, 2026
It’s officially Conference Szn, so while two weeks ago virtually all the major crypto legal developments came from the D.C. Blockchain Summit, last week it was all about the Digital Asset Summit (“DAS”) in New York and associated side events (I spoke on a panel at the EY Global Blockchain Summit which you can signContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 23-30, 2026”
Off the Blockchain+, November 17-24, 2025
It was another week focused on market structure, as the Senate Agriculture committee is working through the brackets in its commodities-focused market structure draft and Senate Republicans are in talks with Senate Democrats on the banking/securities focused aspects of market structure in Senate Banking. With the CFTC-Chair nominee one step closer to taking over thatContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, November 17-24, 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+, 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+, April 28-May 5, 2025
If you are going to be at Consensus in Toronto next week, hit me up because I always love meeting up with people who enjoy my weekly updates and learning how to make them better! It was a busy week with Congress back in session, and Coinbase is asking the Supreme Court to check theContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 28-May 5, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, April 7-14, 2025
After a few quiet weeks, we are back in the swing of things with the Department of Justice reassessing their entire digital asset prosecution strategy, the SEC working to register certain industry participants, and omnibus digital asset legislation next up for Congress. It was also a busy week in crypto M&A as digital asset companiesContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, April 7-14, 2025”
Off the Blockchain+, March 10-17, 2025
Congress continues to move fast in digital asset legislation, but it was an otherwise relatively quiet week in legal developments. The IRS crypto broker rules are all but dead, and both chambers of Congress had forward momentum on stablecoin legislation. For once, it seems like all the news regarding digital asset lawsuits are involving privateContinue reading “Off the Blockchain+, March 10-17, 2025”
