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Market structure legislation: what digital asset operators should watch in the CLARITY Act
The House passed the CLARITY Act in July 2025; Senate consideration continued through 2026.
Read the briefingOperational evidence under DORA and MiCA
What European supervisors expect a digital asset operation to produce on request.
Read the briefingThe GENIUS Act implementing rules: the control framework supervisors will examine
The OCC proposed rules in February 2026 and the FDIC in April 2026 setting capital, liquidity, reserve and risk-management requirements for permitted issuers.
Read the briefingThe GENIUS Act is law: what permitted stablecoin issuers should prepare for
Federal stablecoin legislation created a licensing regime for payment stablecoin issuers and set the stage for implementing rules on reserves, redemption, controls and third-party oversight.
Read the briefingMiCA authorization for crypto-asset service providers: the operating obligations behind the license
As national transition periods under MiCA ran through 2025, firms discovered that authorization is an operating commitment, not a one-time filing.
Read the briefingOCC Interpretive Letter 1183: banks may act as nodes on distributed ledgers, with supervisory expectations attached
The OCC reaffirmed that national banks may engage in crypto-asset custody, certain stablecoin activities and node operation without prior supervisory non-objection, provided the activity is conducted in a safe and sound manner.
Read the briefingDORA is in force: what crypto-asset service providers must now evidence
From January 17, 2025 the Digital Operational Resilience Act applies to crypto-asset service providers as financial entities.
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