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Law & Policy

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The weekly updates are back! And it was a big week, with the Senate trying to hammer through market structure in meetings with crypto execs and a new CFTC Chair nominee. Here's everything that happened in Crypto Law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/10/28/off-the-blockchain-october-20-27-2025/

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Last week in crypto regulation (Oct 27 – Nov 2): 1/ Court rejects Custodia’s Fed master account — Even with a bank charter, direct access requires approval from a regional Reserve Bank. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/wyoming-crypto-bank-custodia-loses-appeal-over-fed-account

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Old news for many of you considering this opinion was written a few years back, but here is my brief memo and thoughts on the case (: To: Farcaster Friends From: PrecedentPunk Re: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple (XRP). https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobdirenzo/p/sec-v-ripple-labs-what-it-means-for?r=3922ss&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Trying to familiarize myself with some key cases in Web3 law. I just finished reading SEC v. Ripple and will likely share my thoughts later this week. Where else should I look to get a solid grasp of the relevant law and broader regulatory frameworks?

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Last week in crypto regulation (Oct 20–26): 1/ Trump names Michael Selig CFTC Chair; pardons CZ — Policy pivot toward permissive market-structure plus clemency for Binance’s founder. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-24/trump-to-pick-michael-selig-for-cftc-chair-amid-crypto-expansion https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-pardons-convicted-binance-founder-7509bd63

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Welcome @precedentpunk — congrats on passing the bar and glad you are here! Sharing a starter pack of our favorite Lawcasters. https://farcaster.xyz/codeofcrypto/pack/Law-Policy-8tx6kn https://farcaster.xyz/precedentpunk/0x1e1d668e

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Hey everyone 👋 New here! Just passed the bar exam (thank god that’s over 😅). I’m a young attorney based in the U.S., currently working in civil litigation but hoping to transition into fintech & legal tech soon. If you’ve got any advice, reading recs, or people I should be following, I’m all ears. Excited to get to know some of you !

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@thecryptolawyer.eth

Passed the NY bar exam!

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Last week in crypto regulation (Oct 13–19): 1/ SEC Chair says crypto and tokenization are regulatory priorities; outlines integrated framework for trading, lending, and staking. https://www.theblock.co/post/374852/sec-chair-atkins-charts-pro-innovation-path-crypto-regulation

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Great resource for those tracking crypto litigation https://cryptotracker.morrisoncohen.com/

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Big win for The Digital Chamber - congrats @birdnals! https://farcaster.xyz/birdnals/0xdab2ce85

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Last week in crypto regulation (Oct 6–12): 1/ SEC to formalize “innovation exemption” — Agency preparing rules to allow limited, supervised blockchain pilots without immediate enforcement risk. https://decrypt.co/343353/sec-formalize-crypto-innovation-exemptions

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The CFTC and SEC held a joint round-table discussion on ending their regulatory turf war, and the SEC issued some major No Action relief. Here's everything that happened in Crypto Law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/10/07/off-the-blockchain-september-29-october-6-2025/

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Last week in crypto regulation (Sep 29 – Oct 5): 1/ SEC–CFTC: harmonized oversight ahead — Chair Paul Atkins says the era of fragmented SEC/CFTC rules is ending, with a coordinated approach coming. https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/atkins-092925-harmonization-new-era-collaboration-between-sec-cftc

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For any of you lawcasters with an interest in crypto taxation, the Senate Finance Committee held a productive hearing this morning on the taxation of digital assets. While Elizabeth Warren is still a predictable naysayer, there was a lot of bipartisan interest on the committee to move forward with long-overdue tax legislation for digital assets. There will be heated debates on some topics, like the timing of mining and staking income and a de minimis exception for cryptocurrency transactions, there are several topics on which there seems to be greater likelihood of agreement, such as market-to-market treatment for dealers and traders, the wash sale rule, the 864(b) trading safe harbor, and the extension of the securities lending rules to certain crypto lending transactions. For video of the hearing and the written submissions by the witnesses, see https://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/examining-the-taxation-of-digital-assets.

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