The SEC lost a game point in its case against Ripple Labs when a federal court ruled that several categories of XRP token sales were not securities transactions. If adopted by other court...
This deck provides an overview of Dodd-Frank Act Section 1033, sometimes referred to as the Dodd-Frank Act’s “open banking” provision, and reviews developments over the past several...
Representatives Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Maxine Waters (D-CA), the respective Chair and Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, have been negotiating legislation to re...
The NY Attorney General is seeking legislation that would significantly expand the state’s reach over digital assets and require wholesale changes to the operation of digital asset busi...
The Federal Reserve is placing high hurdles for banks seeking to engage in most cryptoasset-related activities, and the Biden Administration is also signaling an increased resistance towa...
Davis Polk counsel Daniel Newman and associate Justin Levine recently authored “The 2023 outlook for crypto legislation: What’s in and what’s missing from current proposals,” in F...
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has released guidance that expands the scope of virtual currency activity for which New York banking organizations need prior approval.
The FSOC report assesses the financial stability risks of the crypto-asset ecosystem using a framework for vulnerabilities and shocks pioneered by the Federal Reserve, and makes several r...
