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At the end of February 2019, the governor of Wyoming signed into law a series of bills aimed at making Wyoming a friendly jurisdiction for blockchain innovation.

In early 2019, the Wyoming legislature enacted a flurry of laws aimed at establishing the state as a haven for businesses and investors that focus on blockchain and digital assets.

Earlier this week, Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen provided testimony and responded to questions from the Senate Banking Committee ..

Late last week, a major U.S. financial markets firm that operates 12 regulated securities and commodities exchanges announced an agreement to acquire a leading provider of loyalty solutions for merchants and consumers.

The SEC's policy of drawing the line between securities and non-securities principally through enforcement actions forces innovators desiring to take advantage of decentralized blockchain technology...

The EU's lead in crypto regulation with Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is being rapidly followed by emerging UK and U.S. frameworks.

British watchdog The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a warning earlier this week, alerting potential investors to the dangers of cryptocurrency scams.

Fair housing and advocacy organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging the CFPB's April 2026 final rule that revised Regulation B under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The complaint alleges the rule unlawfully dismantles fair lending protections by eliminating disparate impact liability...

A data encryption startup settled SEC charges for registration failures involving the offering and selling of digital tokens.

Dan DeWolf talks with Vince Molinari on FINTECH.TV about the state of the venture capital markets and why Congress needs to look at some "common sense" legislation that will help drive the economy.

On cryptocurrencies, Mr. Gensler stated that new technologies cannot exist for long outside of public policy frameworks.

On 11 December 2017, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton released a statement on cryptocurrencies and ICOs as a warning to potential investors to beware of scams and criminal activity in the sector.

In a Streetwise Professor blog post, University of Houston Finance Professor Craig Pirrong expressed skepticism that blockchain technology will "disintermediate" central clearing parties.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance granted no-action relief to an airline chartering business incorporated in Delaware from the registration requirement relating to offering and selling "tokenized" jet cards.

In keeping with their recent more vocal stance on fiduciary duties, the Department of Labor has weighed in on the wisdom of 401(k) plans including an ESG fund or a crypto investment option in its line-up.

In the wee hours of the night on September 15, 2022, the Ethereum network, where a majority of NFTs run, is expected to undergo a major change, as the current Ethereum Mainnet merges with its new consensus layer...

At a CFTC conference titled Fintech Forward, Chair Heath P. Tarbert stated that LabCFTC will now operate as an independent office of the agency.