Regulatory Developments Issued by the SEC’s Divisions of Trading and Markets and Investment Management
Sidley Update: SDNY Files First Indictment Related to Insider Trading of NFTs While SEC Enforcement Expands Focus on Digital Assets Broadly, June 8, 2022
Sidley Update: The SEC Has Crypto in Its Crosshairs (Again), April 8, 2022
Sidley Update: SEC Announces 2022 Examination Priorities: Private Funds, ESG, Retail, Cyber, Digital Assets Top the List, April 6, 2022
Sidley Update: SEC Targets Digital Asset Lending in Enforcement Action and Investor Bulletin, February 18, 2022
FinTech and Blockchain 2021: A Sidley Education Series Webinar, September 29, 2021
Blockchain and Digital Assets, from PLI Treatises: FinTech, RegTech, and the Financial Services Industry, July, 2021
Sidley Update: Enhanced Focus on Digital Asset Intermediaries by SEC, Congress, and State Securities Regulators, July 27, 2021
The Virtual Currency Regulation Review: United States Chapter, November, 2020
Sidley Update: SEC Issues No-Action Letter for Certain Alternative Trading Systems Trading Digital Asset Securities, September 29, 2020
Sidley Webinar: A Peek Behind the Curtain: Changes at the SEC and the Implications for Blockchain, August 6, 2020
Blockchain and Digital Assets, from PLI Treatises: Broker-Dealer Regulation and Investment Adviser Regulations 2020, May, 2020
SEC Bitcoin ETF Disapproval Release No. 34-88284, February 26, 2020
Sidley Update: SEC Commissioner Peirce Proposes Blockchain Token Safe Harbor, February 13, 2020
International Virtual Currency Regulation Review: USA Chapter, November, 2019
Paxos No-action Letter, October 28, 2019
Leaders of CFTC, FinCEN and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Activities Involving Digital Assets, October 11, 2019
Sidley Update: Digital Asset Securities: Joint SEC and FINRA Statement Aimed at Broker-Dealer Custody, July 11, 2019
SEC and FINRA “Joint Staff Statement on Broker-Dealer Custody of Digital Asset Securities,” July 8, 2019
Sidley White Paper: Custody of Digital Asset Securities: A Proposal to Address Open Questions for Broker-Dealers Under the SEC’s Customer Protection Rule, March 18, 2019
SEC Division of Investment Management Letter: Engaging on Non-DVP Custodial Practices and Digital Assets, March 12, 2019
Blockchain and Digital Assets, from PLI Treatises: Broker-Dealer Regulation and Investment Adviser Regulations 2019, March 1, 2019
Dalia Blass SEC Staff Letter: Engaging on Fund Innovation and Cryptocurrency-related Holdings, January 18, 2018