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Digital Assets

Top 10 Fintech Blog Posts of 2022

By: Satish M. Kini, Sidney P. Levinson, Byungkwon Lim, Jeffrey L. Robins, Caroline Swett, Erica S. Weisgerber, Carter Burwell, Robert Dura, Alison Hashmall, Gary E. Murphy, Aseel Rabie, Stephan J. Schlegelmilch, Elie J. Worenklein, Chen Xu, Michael C. Godbe, Alicia Guo, Ezra Newman, Taylor Richards, Jonathan Steinberg, Justice Walters and Morgan J. Hayes December 22, 2022

As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 posts on the Debevoise Fintech Blog in 2022. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click…

Digital Assets

President Biden Signs Executive Order Outlining National Policy for Digital Assets

By: Byungkwon Lim, Carter Burwell, Alison Hashmall, Gary E. Murphy, Aseel Rabie, Ezra Newman, Taylor Richards, Lily D. Vo and Morgan J. Hayes March 10, 2022

Yesterday, President Biden signed an Executive Order (the “Order”) outlining, as described in the accompanying Fact Sheet, a “whole-of-government approach” to harness the benefits, and address the potential risks, of…

CBDC/Stablecoin

Developing a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency: Summary of the Policy Debate

By: Chen Xu and Amy Aixi Zhang February 22, 2022

Originally Published: February 17, 2022 Update: February 22, 2022 Last week, in a speech at the U.S Monetary Policy Forum in New York, FRB Governor Lael Brainard continued to tout the…

Digital Assets

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Continues to Consult on Prudential Framework for Crypto-Assets

By: Satish M. Kini, Gregory J. Lyons, Alison Hashmall, Caroline Swett, Chen Xu, Taylor Richards and Amy Aixi Zhang November 15, 2021

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…