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SEC Approves In-Kind Creations And Redemptions For Crypto Asset ETPs

On July 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve an order (the "In-Kind Order" or the "Order") to permit in-kind creations and redemptions by authorized participants...

United States Finance

D

Dechert

Securities And Derivative Litigation: Quarterly Update Q3 2025

Review Fourth Circuit's High Bar for Short-Seller Reports: The Fourth Circuit joined the Ninth Circuit in holding that anonymous and self-interested short-seller reports are generally unreliable...

United States Commercial

D

Dechert

CFTC Joins FERC And SEC In Issuing Guidance On DOJ Referrals For Criminal Offenses

On July 9, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement (CFTC Enforcement) issued an advisory providing internal guidance...

United States Finance

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Hitting The Snooze Button: CFTC Staff Issues Relief Intended To Reduce Burdens Of Swap Data Notification Requirements

Staff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight issued No-Action Relief Letter 25-25 on July 31, 2025...

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

We Read The 160-page Policy Report By The Working Group On Digital Asset Markets, So You Don't Have To

United States Technology

ML

McMillan LLP

Derivatives And Securities Dealers' Pre-Hedging Of Client Trades Faces Potential New Rules

United States Finance

B

Bracewell

Everyone's Human: CFTC Rationalizes Swap Error Reporting

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

CFTC Launches Listed Spot Crypto Trading Initiative

United States Technology

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Reversals Of Fraud Charges Highlight Difficulties In Bringing Market Manipulation Cases

United States Criminal

W

WilmerHale

The CLARITY Act: Key Developments For Digital Assets

United States Technology

LL

Loeb & Loeb LLP

FAQs - Final Rules For The Revised UK Commodity Derivatives Position Limits Framework

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Unearthing US Vulnerabilities: President Trump Outlines Steps To Strengthen The US Copper Industry

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Regulatory Monitoring

United States Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

SEC Chair Atkins Unveils "Project Crypto" To Modernize US Securities Regulation

United States Technology

W

WilmerHale

Trump Administration Passes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

FL

Foley & Lardner

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

DP

Dilworth Paxson LLP

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

NM

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Blockchain 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Summary - Tax Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill

United States Tax

HE

Hall Estill

White House Charts New Course For Digital Asset Policy

The White House released its comprehensive Digital Asset Policy Report (Report), fulfilling a mandate from Executive Order 14178 signed by President Donald Trump on January 23.

United States Technology

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Proactive Compliance, Strategic Defense: Leveraging Compliance Programs To Mitigate Regulatory Enforcement Risk

This client alert synthesizes key takeaways for structuring compliance programs for entities that are subject to the enforcement authority of multiple regulatory agencies—in particular...

United States Finance

SJ

Steptoe LLP

Payment Stablecoins Get "Smart" (Or GENIUS-like)

Congress recently passed the first significant federal legislation recognizing the apparent enduring presence of payment stablecoins in the US financial and consumer markets.

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

EBA's Draft Regulatory Technical Standards Elaborate On Requirements For EU Branches Of Non-EU Banks

The EBA highlights the importance of the booking arrangements to the whole TCB prudential framework; forming the basis of the classification of TCBs and consequently the intensity of the supervisory regime applicable to the TCB.

United States Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Court Of Appeals Again Bolsters Internal Affairs Doctrine, This Time Clipping Derivative Suits Brought On Behalf Of Foreign Corporations

United States Commercial

FF

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Weekly Blockchain Blog – July 28, 2025

United States Technology

B

BakerHostetler

Stablecoins: Revolutionizing Global Finance?

United States Finance

JD

Jones Day

A New Era For The Stablecoin Industry: The GENIUS Act

United States Technology

B

BakerHostetler

Crypto CLARITY: The Politics, Policy And Implications Of Digital Assets Regulatory Framework Legislation In The 119th Congress

United States Technology

AG

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The GENIUS Act Ushers In A New Era For Stablecoin Regulation

United States Technology

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Trump Trade 2.0: Solar Tariff Burden Set To Increase As Department Of Commerce Launches A Section 232 Investigation Into Polysilicon

United States International

MB

Michael Best

CLARITY Bill & GENIUS Act Explained: Crypto Classification And Tax Impact

United States Tax

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Enactment Of The GENIUS Act: Defining A Regulatory Framework For Payment Stablecoins Issued And Sold In The United States

United States Technology

BI

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Building A Digital Asset Regulatory Framework: The GENIUS Act And Next Steps

United States Technology

WR

Wiley Rein

Trump Trade 2.0: Solar Tariff Burden Set To Increase As Department Of Commerce Launches A Section 232 Investigation Into Polysilicon

On June 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce initiated an investigation into imports of Polysilicon under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, teeing up a more permanent...

United States International

MB

Michael Best

CLARITY Bill & GENIUS Act Explained: Crypto Classification And Tax Impact

Recent legislative proposals—the CLARITY Bill and the GENIUS Act—are designed to bring more clarity to how digital assets are regulated in the United States

United States Tax

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Enactment Of The GENIUS Act: Defining A Regulatory Framework For Payment Stablecoins Issued And Sold In The United States

On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law Public Law No: 119-27, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, commonly referred to as the GENIUS Act.

United States Technology

BI

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Building A Digital Asset Regulatory Framework: The GENIUS Act And Next Steps

On July 18, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the GENIUS Act) establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets classified as payment stablecoins.

United States Technology

WR

Wiley Rein

The GENIUS Act Is Here. What Now?

United States Technology

SJ

Steptoe LLP

U.S. House Passes GENIUS And CLARITY Acts, Signaling Bipartisan Support For Digital Assets

The GENIUS Act's passage marks the first major crypto legislation approved by both chambers of Congress, signaling a significant step toward regulatory clarity for stablecoins, while the CLARITY Act's advancement...

United States Finance

JD

Jones Day

GENIUS Act Signed Into Law US Enacts Federal Stablecoin Legislation

Today, President Donald Trump signs into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the "GENIUS Act"), establishing the first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins...

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

EMIR 3—the Active Account Requirement

The latest revisions to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (known as EMIR 3) brought about numerous changes affecting cleared markets, with potential impacts both within and outside the EU.

Worldwide Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Reform Of The EU Securitisation Framework—Part 1: STS Label Extended To Unfunded Credit Protection

On 17 June 2025, the European Commission (the "Commission") published its proposed measures to revive the securitisation framework in the European Union ("EU"), with a view to making it simpler and more fit for purpose.

Worldwide Finance

JD

Jones Day

GENIUS Act Enacted, Establishing A Regulatory Framework For Payment Stablecoins Issued Or Sold In The United States

United States Technology

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Quarterly Investment Update - 2nd Quarter 2025

United States Finance

PC

Perkins Coie LLP

Financial Markets And Funds Quick Take | Issue 40

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Congress Set To Bring CLARITY To Digital Asset Market Structure

United States Finance

W

WilmerHale

SEC And CFTC Extend Form PF Compliance Date Again

United States Finance

FL

Foley & Lardner

Commodity Trading Entering Mainstream Puts Pressure On Congress

United States Finance

CW

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC's FCM FAQ Aims To Guide New Market Entrants But Adds No New Obligations

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Boots Down For Bitcoin: Texas Leads The Charge With One-of-a-Kind Bitcoin Reserve

United States Technology

B

Bracewell

California Court Of Appeal Holds That Derivative Litigation Settlement Procedural Rules Apply Even In Intra-Shareholder Suits In Closely Held Companies

United States Commercial

SM

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Regulatory Monitoring

United States Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Investment Management & Funds Regulatory Update - June 2025

United States Finance

DP

Davis Polk & Wardwell

The Desk: June Edition

United States Finance

MV

Moore & Van Allen

The Desk: May Edition

United States Finance

MV

Moore & Van Allen

Tokens, Forwards, And The Illusion Of Equity: What Republic's SpaceX Deal Tells Us About Modern Securities Innovation

United States Commercial

AP

Anderson P.C.

United States Technology

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

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KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Mining In Focus: Latin America (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Current Issues In Derivatives (Video)

SM

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

MB Microtalk: SOFR Floating Rate Notes (Video)

MB

Mayer Brown

Fall Blockchain Update Two: Kraken Fine (Video)

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Pryor Cashman LLP

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