Law & Policy

The crypto vibes in DC are unlike anything anything I’ve seen before. 🚀

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Roll call: who is in DC this week for the Digital Chamber’s blockchain summit?

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Parenting

I never used to get sick

I lowkey didnt believe people when they said they were sick. Like I thought it was a collective lie we pretended adults could be too sick to do stuff and not be hospitalized

I’ve been sick more times in my few years as a parent than the rest of my life combined. What the hell

I would add that I get it… the kids’ immune systems need to develop… but why tf does it feel like mine is starting from scratch too?

BREAKING: Tornado Cash removed from sanctions list

https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20250321

Arguably one of the most meaningful  policy shifts (in the right direction) that we’ve seen to date from this administration 👏🏼

🚨 SEC Clarifies Stance on PoW Mining 

The SEC’s CorpFin division stated that proof-of-work mining (self-mining or pool participation) does not qualify as securities transactions under the Howey Test. No registration required for these activities. 🧵

Roll call: who else from the law and policy world will be in NYC for DAS and related events this week?

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Crypto’s biggest problem? It screwed retail investors. 🤦

Travis Kling says: “you could not have treated new entrants and retail worse if you tried.” 🥵

🎧 Listen now: https://unchainedcrypto.com/bits-bips/bits-bips-trump-has-spread-uncertainty-across-all-markets-whats-next/

I’ve often thought about this in the context of “what would ideal regulation of crypto look like?” Whether we’re talking virtual currencies, investments, memberships, memes, art… what notice and disclosure obligations would be appropriate?

Anyone know of a tracker for Trump’s EOs? Bonus points if it also keeps tabs on court challenges and/or has info on EOs from prior administrations.

Today, we submitted our response to the first 6 critical questions of the SEC's recent request for information.

Across 50 pages, we tackle the most significant and complex crypto issues with a simple, powerful principle that fits in a single sentence:

Who else is working on responses to the SEC’s request for information? (👏🏼 for this from a16z!)

If you had a magic wand, what’s one crypto policy you would make happen?

Listening to Chris Giancarlo talk about how he became known as “crypto dad” during a fireside chat with his daughter Emma, at the Eve Wealth annual summit.

TLDR: during senate banking committee hearing, he asserted that “I’m a dad, and we owe it to our kids to get this right” on the topic of virtual currency.

Who else will be in NYC for DAS next week?

🚨 Hot off the press: FinCEN issues geographic targeting order, imposing additional CTR (currency transaction report) obligations on MSBs in 30 counties in CA and TX near the southern border.

🚨 Hot off the press: FinCEN issues geographic targeting order, imposing additional CTR (currency transaction report) obligations on MSBs in 30 counties in CA and TX near the southern border.
https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-issues-southwest-border-geographic-targeting-order

Anyone else here attending the eve wealth summit this week?

Anyone else here attending the eve wealth summit this week? https://annual-summit-2025.evewealth.com/

Was thinking this week about how many future laws, rules, policies, and legal norms will point back to this exact sliver of time in history and say “it all changed when…” and we are lucky enough to be living through it.

🚨 hot off the press, the OCC clarifies banks can engage in certain crypto activities, including custody, reserve management and payments involving stablecoins, and network validation.

🚨 hot off the press, the OCC clarifies banks can engage in certain crypto activities, including custody, reserve management and payments involving stablecoins, and network validation. https://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2025/nr-occ-2025-16.html

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Sarah Shtylman

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