On November 21, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published a letter “clarifying” that certain cryptocurrency, distributed ledger and stablecoin activities addressed in three prior interpretive…
On November 9, 2021, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the “BCBS”) issued a press release that, among other things, reiterated its commitment to developing a “conservative risk-based global minimum…
On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets,[1] the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the “Financial…
Gary Gensler was confirmed today in a 53-45 vote as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Before his confirmation, Chair Gensler testified before the Senate Committee on Banking,…