On May 8, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held the 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development. Commissioner Peirce used this opportunity to discuss an approach to regulating the tokenization of traditional securities—in other words, issuing traditional securities through a blockchain or distributed ledger.
The Commissioner noted that other jurisdictions have…
On March 25, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held a Crypto Task Force roundtable to explore regulatory considerations surrounding custody of crypto assets through broker-dealers and other financial institutions, such as state chartered limited purpose trust companies. Newly installed SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins opened the roundtable by stating that he expects “huge…
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (the “Committee”) will meet on May 6, 2025 to consider the market impact and challenges associated with Regulation A.
Staff from the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, Office of Small Business Policy, and the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation…
On April 11, 2025, the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) issued seven new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”), the third update to the CDIs by the Division in the last few months. Six new Exchange Act Forms CDIs relate to the clawbacks-related checkboxes on the cover…
On April 4, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published a statement (the “Statement”) outlining its position on stablecoins, a category of crypto asset intended to maintain a stable value in regard to a reference asset, such as the U.S. dollar, and track the…
On March 31, 2025, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee (Committee) penned a letter to acting Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mark Uyeda identifying 14 proposed and final rules that, according to the Committee, should be withdrawn in their entirety. All of the cited rules were proposed or implemented under prior SEC Chair Gary…
On March 27, 2025, the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Committee”) convened in an open session to consider the nomination of Paul Atkins as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition to his prepared opening remarks, Mr. Atkins fielded questions from the Committee in connection with his…
On March 21, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held the inaugural roundtable of its Crypto Task Force to explore the legal issues involved in classifying crypto assets under the federal securities laws. Acting SEC Chair Uyeda opened the roundtable explaining the limitations associated with applying the test developed under SEC v. W.J. Howey…
On March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to end its defense of the climate-related disclosure rules, which, even as scaled back when finally adopted, still would have required fairly substantial disclosures regarding climate-related risks as well as, for certain companies, disclosures relating to greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, agency attorneys…
