The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an interpretive release on how federal securities laws apply to crypto assets and related transactions. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicated it will administer the Commodity Exchange Act consistent with the SEC’s interpretation.
We summarize the SEC’s framework and
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a joint statement on January 28, 2026 clarifying the application of federal securities laws to tokenized securities. This statement, published through the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Investment Management, and Division of Trading and Markets, addresses both issuer-sponsored and third
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US public companies increasingly embrace digital assets as part of their corporate treasury strategies. Known as digital asset treasury (DAT) companies, these public companies, at the core of their revamped business model, pursue long-term accumulation of significant reserves of digital assets while employing sophisticated, yield-enhancing trading strategies.
DATs have raised
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On April 10, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement (Staff Statement) expressing its observations regarding certain disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws regarding the offering and registration of securities in the crypto asset markets.
The
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The Division of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued guidance regarding the application of federal securities laws to certain stablecoins.
While this guidance, released on April 4, 2025, expresses only the views of the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance and is not
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On March 3, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that its Crypto Task Force, the formation of which we discussed in our prior blog, will host a series of roundtables to discuss key areas of interest in the regulation of crypto assets.
The first roundtable, “How We
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As anticipated, the Trump Administration and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have rolled out new plans for the regulation of digital assets.
Background
On January 23, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order to promote US leadership in digital assets and financial technology and to support the growth
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