On October 17, 2025, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) announced a proposal to repeal requirements that firms that are registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) must make certain disclosures to customers regarding virtual currency activities.
The repeal of the disclosure requirements will take effect 10 days after the CFTC receives NFA’s proposal, unless…
October 16, 2025
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The Eurobond market presents an opportunity for issuers to access a broader global market, diversify their funding sources, and attract a wide range of investors across more than 120 jurisdictions. Investors can benefit from the…
On September 30, 2025, the staff of the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission granted no-action relief that allows, subject to numerous conditions: (i) investment advisers registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”); and (ii) investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of…
On September 29, 2025, the Chief Counsel’s Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) Division of Corporation Finance issued a no action letter to the DoubleZero Foundation (the “Foundation”). In the no action letter, the Division agreed that it would not recommend enforcement action against the Foundation in connection with certain Programmatic…
On September 4, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s spring 2025 rulemaking agenda (the “Agenda”) was made publicly available (see here). Chairman Paul Atkins previewed the Agenda, which widely diverges from the Commission’s fall 2024 rulemaking agenda, in a simultaneously-released statement (the “Statement”), declaring that “[t]he items on the agenda represent the Commission’s renewed…
On August 5, 2025, the staff (the “Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) issued new guidance regarding certain Protocol Staking (defined below) activities. This guidance builds on a May 2025 Staff statement covering certain other types of Protocol Staking, discussed here. Both statements provide the Staff’s views on the staking of…
Webinar | August 11, 2025
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Tokenized bonds are one asset class that is quickly emerging from the amorphous pool of digital asset projects. Hosted by PLI, this webinar will provide an overview of the fundamentals of tokenized bonds, how they are structured, and how they have…
On July 1, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued another in a series of statements regarding crypto assets. This particular statement, titled “Crypto Asset Exchange-Traded Products,” (the “Statement”) details how certain disclosure requirements under the federal securities laws apply to offerings and…
On May 29, 2025, the staff (“Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission continued its recent pattern of issuing Staff guidance addressing cryptocurrency. The May 29 Staff statement, titled “Statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities”, provides the Staff’s views on the staking of crypto assets (“Covered Crypto Assets”)…
