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The NYAG’s action highlights various pitfalls in the MCA space, underscoring the importance of proper structuring and marketing of merchant cash advances.

By Parag Patel, Mik Bushinski, and Deric Behar

On January 22, 2025, New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James announced a judgment and settlement against cash advance provider Yellowstone Capital, its

The CFPB’s proposal, its first attempt to regulate cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, is unlikely to survive the administration change.

By Parag Patel, Adam Bruce Fovent, and Deric Behar

On January 10, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed interpretative rule that would extend the consumer protections of the Electronic Funds Transfer

Under recent accounting rule changes, unrealized crypto gains must generally be reported on income statements, but questions arise about the alignment of the new Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax with constitutional tax principles.

By Andrew Strelka and Angelina Richards

Recent developments in taxation have brought cryptocurrency into the spotlight. The US Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in

A recent statutory instrument aims to remove legal uncertainty surrounding crypto staking and ease blockchain operations.

By Stuart Davis, Gabriel Lakeman, and Emma Trankeenan

On 9 January 2025, the UK Government published the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order 2025 (SI 2025/17) (the Staking SI) and the accompanying

The FinmadiG introduces material implementation measures for the European Digital Finance Package.

By Axel Schiemann and Lasse Winzer

On 18 December 2024, the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) has passed the Financial Market Digitisation Act (Finanzmarktdigitalisierungsgesetz — FinmadiG). The FinmadiG serves as the German implementation of several European rules, inter alia, Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets

The guidelines aim to ensure the consistent application of MiCA across the EU, including a standardised classification of cryptoassets.

By Axel Schiemann, Lasse Winzer, Thomas Vogel, Stuart Davis, and Gabriel Lakeman

On 10 December 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), and the European

With appropriate safeguards, distributed ledger technology may expand the use of non-cash assets as derivatives collateral, while mitigating certain market infrastructure inefficiencies.

By Yvette D. Valdez, Adam Bruce Fovent, and Deric Behar

On November 21, 2024, the Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Global Markets Advisory