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IOSCO DeFi Report; Bank of England Financial Stability Report; House Committee Seeks Data on Russian

IOSCO DeFi Report What happened? The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), an international coordinating body for...

Senate Illicit Finance Hearing; Warren Bill; MiCA Update Post-Amendment

Senate Banking Committee Hearing on the Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance What happened? The Senate Banking Committee held...

De Facto PoW Ban Fails in European Parliament

Today’s vote in the European Parliament (EP) on a potential PoW ban DID NOT PASS to become part of the Markets in Crypto-Assets...

Executive Order; Gov't Funding Bill; South Korea's Crypto-Friendly President

President Biden Issues Long-Awaited Executive Order on Digital Assets What happened? President Biden signed an executive order that...

CFTC Nominations; FSB on DeFi Risks; Sanctions

1. CFTC Nominees What happened? On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, which oversees the Commodity Futures Trading...

AML/CFT Part 2: Sanctions Compliance and Law Enforcement in the DeFi Ecosystem

In the last post, we debunked the common misconception that DeFi protocols are out of compliance with current laws and policies in the...

FATF Travel Rule; DOJ Cryptocurrency Enforcement; Rep. Gottheimer's Stablecoin Bill

1. The Travel Rule — Crypto Firms Announce the Formation of the “TRUST” Platform What happened? A group of some of the largest crypto...

AML/CFT Part 1: Where Government Meets DeFi

There’s a lot of focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) in policy conversations these days. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in particular, have...

KYC Act; Senate Stablecoin Hearing; BlockFi Settlement

1. Rep. Warren Davidson’s Keep Your Coins Bill What happened? This week, Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) introduced the “Keep Your...

Multisig Withdrawal Notice #5

The DEF’s steering committee will withdraw 325,000 $USDC and 0 $UNI from the DEF’s multisig to fund upcoming grants and expenses. After...