George Leonardo

@caphillcrypto

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It was stablecoin week! Both Congress and the SEC moved on stablecoin initiatives, and one the leading issuers of stablecoins is looking to go public. Here's everything that happened last week in crypto law: https://nfttorney.com/2025/04/08/off-the-blockchain-march-31-april-7-2025/

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New newsletter 🚨 This week I went through Circle’s S-1 filing and made some observations. Plus, thoughts on tariffs. Check it out and subscribe to get fresh updates every week. https://open.substack.com/pub/broganlaw/p/circles-s-1-annotated?r=487bq2&utm_medium=ios

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This week's newsletter covers the STABLE Act markup, nomination votes, and new bills addressing retirement accounts, mining, and foreign adversaries' ownership of crypto platforms.

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I don't know if it was a slow week in legal developments or I was just busy studio Ghibli styling every picture I have. But there were some Stablecoin developments and Ripple is done litigating. Here's everything from crypto law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/04/01/off-the-blockchain-march-24-31-2025/

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Fresh newsletter. I was curious how the SEC’s recent PoW mining guidance might abstract to PoS staking, so I did a deep dive. I think there is a reasonably strong argument to extrapolate here, especially in light of the SEC’s dismissal of the Coinbase and Consensys cases. https://open.substack.com/pub/broganlaw/p/so-is-staking-legal-now?r=487bq2&utm_medium=ios

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STABLE would require payment stablecoin issuers to back stablecoins w/ liquid reserve assets on at least a 1:1 basis, disclose reserve asset info, and comply with the BSA and rules relating to capital, liquidity, and risk-management. Issuers could not pay interest or yield to stablecoin holders.

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Newsletter this week covers new STABLE Act intro, DeFi broker rule repeal vote, three new crypto-related bills, and more.

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It was a quiet week for lawsuits (nice), but the young guns in Senate Banking crossed party lines on stable coin legislation, and IRS Broker rule changes for crypto are all but dead. Here's everything that happened in crypto law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/03/18/off-the-blockchain-march-10-17-2025/

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While prices are down, vibes are high as the SEC and Congress stayed busy clearing the way for crypto businesses to operate in the U.S. Here's everything that happened in blockchain law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/03/11/off-the-blockchain-march-3-11-2025/

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Here's a quick recap of quite the week in crypto policy. Looking ahead, House Rules will consider Rep. Carey's DeFi broker rule repeal res on Monday at 4pm. See announcement here: https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hj-res-25

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AI-driven blockchain analytics is unraveling crypto privacy, and your financial data may be more exposed than you realize. Shielded transactions are essential. Is crypto ready for the AI era? https://paragraph.xyz/@infinityadvisoryllc.com/ai-and-blockchain-analytics-the-urgent-need-for-crypto-privacy-tools

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The SEC had a busy week even before Atkins' confirmation, as its crypto task force opened up a regulatory suggestion box and various investigations/actions were dropped. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/02/25/off-the-blockchain-february-17-24-2025/

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Thank you, @skyron.eth 🙏 Here’s the link to the newsletter comparing/contrasting the three major stablecoin bills out there: https://ckarchive.com/b/d0ueh0hoo4gk6hk4xx64otz897444ul

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Here’s my recap of the week in crypto policy, covering stablecoin bills, hearings on debanking, Senate Commerce votes on Lutnick & a supply chain bill, and a few other big updates from the Hill, SEC, & FDIC: https://ckarchive.com/b/38uphkh2opoklc37xxl75f43mgnnnf7

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It was a BUSY week in blockchain law, with an appeals decision on rulemaking, a memecoin class action, and capped off with the President and First Lady selling their own memecoins. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/01/21/off-the-blockchain-january-13-20-2025/

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SEC v. Coinbase may be heading to the 2nd Circuit early to test the SEC's "ecosystem" theory, and the CFPB wants wallet providers on the hook when people get their private keys stolen. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/01/14/off-the-blockchain-january-6-13-2025/

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Thanks @caphillcrypto for the excellent summary of the DeFi broker regulations in your newsletter today. I only had a couple of minor nits to pick with your explanation of the rules. Details to follow:

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IRS TARGETS FRONT ENDS IN FINAL BROKER REPORTING REGS On Friday, Treasury and the IRS published “part 2” of the final crypto broker reporting regs. This post summarizes the regs. https://paragraph.xyz/@cryptotaxguy.eth/irs-targets-front-ends-in-final-crypto-broker-reporting-regs

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New Glitch is out! We examined two new papers focused on Section 1960 and what constitutes “money transmitting.” Also: a normie’s guide to Anoncast https://www.projectglitch.xyz/p/the-high-stakes-fight-to-define-money?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Here’s this weeks’s newsletter covering a couple commerce-related blockchain bills that made it into an initial gov funding draft, a bill to combat scams involving Bitcoin ATMs, & SEC noms: https://ckarchive.com/b/p9ueh9h2kz4k9sm6ggw6kapz86933hr …Also, gm from Mulberry, Texas 🐂

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