The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) on April 4, 2025, issued its formal notice of rulemaking for digital financial business regulation, following receipt of two sets of 2024 comments on its draft proposed rules for California’s “Digital Finance Assets Law” (DFAL) (AB 39 and SB 401, 2023).
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On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took a step towards clarifying its position on crypto mining activities. In a recent statement, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance provided non-binding guidance on the application of federal securities laws to proof-of-work (PoW) mining activities, stating that such activities are beyond the SEC’s purview.
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The Digital Chamber (TDC), a trade association focused on advancing blockchain adoption and regulatory clarity, has unveiled its U.S. Blockchain Roadmap, a plan aimed at enhancing America’s leadership in blockchain technology.
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Most meme coins are not securities, and their offer and sale will not need to be registered or require an exemption from registration, SEC staff said in a clarifying statement on Feb. 27, 2025.
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Immunefi’s Blockchain Expedited Arbitration Rules, developed in collaboration with Greenberg Traurig, LLP and the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM), has been shortlisted for “Best Innovation” at the GAR
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This blog post highlights key trends in futures and derivatives for 2025, including regulatory changes promoting digital assets, increased integration of crypto with traditional finance, the adoption of DeFi protocols, potential tax and legal reforms, and efforts to harmonize global regulatory standards.
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The SEC rescinded its cryptocurrency accounting guidance, Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121, on Jan. 23, 2025. Issued in March 2022, SAB 121 required crypto custodians to record digital assets held
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On Nov. 26, 2024, in what has been deemed a win for open-source technology, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s ruling in Van
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With new rules under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation – MiCA), virtual asset service providers operating in Europe are looking for favorable jurisdictions to
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