George Leonardo

@caphillcrypto

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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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Coinbase got sued for some allegedly naughty anti-trust behavior, Congress winds down for the winter, and the FDIC got a stern talking to for hiding the ball. Here's everything that happened in Web3 legal last week: https://nfttorney.com/2024/12/17/off-the-blockchain-december-9-16-2024/

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Here’s this week’s newsletter covering key House committee chairs next Congress, SEC Commissioner Crenshaw’s renomination fight, and some updates on the OCP 2.0 & tax fronts: https://ckarchive.com/b/wvu2hghk94407c9r552rqtn38mkxxa8

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We now know who Trump intends to nominate as the next SEC Chair, as the agency continues its litigation against Binance, and the House Financial Services Committee talks FinTech. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2024/12/10/off-the-blockchain-december-2-9-2024/

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Recaps of a House Financial Services hearing on innovation, lawmakers’ reactions to new debanking reports, OCP-related legislative proposals, and President-elect Trump’s picks for SEC Chair & White House AI & Crypto Czar are focus of this week’s newsletter. Check it out: https://www.caphillcrypto.com/newsletter.

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This week, I cover the Tornado Cash ruling from the 5th Circuit, and the return of airdrop szn. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law over the Thanksgiving week: https://nfttorney.com/2024/12/03/off-the-blockchain-november-25-december-2-2024/

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Here’s a brief overview of crypto policy track records of some of President-elect Trump’s nominees and House & Senate Republicans who won leadership elections for the 119th Congress: https://ckarchive.com/b/r8u8hoh28v794a48nng83sd708666h7. Also includes a few policy/legal updates from on and off the Hill last week.

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If you missed the DC Privacy Summit last month, you can check out all the session talks right here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmtTg-WFLv6t3LD-nyP2LLrmLxvo4aAf Featuring @valkenburgh @rebecca-r @pumpernikhil @ameensol @jswihart @faryarshirzad @nikhileshde @millercwl @reillymj and many others!

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Gm. In this week’s newsletter, thoughts on what the election results mean for crypto policy in the 119th Congress and updates on some House and Senate races. Check it out: https://www.caphillcrypto.com/newsletter.

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Between election doom scrolling, get caught up on everything crypto/law including multiple updates in matters vs. the SEC and some blockchain gaming legal developments. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2024/11/05/off-the-blockchain-october-28-november-4-2024/

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In the spirit of URL -> IRL, /law-policy is proud to support Happy Hour #9 at the inaugural DC Privacy Summit. Many thanks to @mike-orcutt Paul Brigner @coinbase for organizing! Great to see @skyron.eth @caphillcrypto @garyweinstein @dankenney.eth @jacksolowey @thecryptolawyer.eth https://www.dcprivacysummit.org

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Urgent: Ex-U.S. federal agent & Binance compliance officer Tigran Gambaryan is unjustly detained in Nigeria since Feb '24. His health is deteriorating rapidly. 👉 Bring Tigran home. https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/09/22/bring-tigran-gambaryan-home-a-crypto-officers-nigerian-nightmare

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🚀Recently published my latest @forbes article on MEV & its impact on #Ethereum decentralization. #MEV drives stability but risks centralizing power, challenging the core of DeFi. Check it out👇 🔗 https://forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/09/08/understanding-mev-and-its-impact-on-ethereum-decentralization/ #MEV #Ethereum #Blockchain #DeFi #Crypto

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Uniswap settled with the CFTC, Coinbase won an early discovery battle with the SEC, and predictive markets got a big win from Kalshi. Here's everything that happened in Web3 law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2024/09/10/off-the-blockchain-september-2-9-2024/

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