On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretive release addressing the application of the federal securities laws to crypto assets and related transactions.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recognized that processing delays associated with the unusually large number of Form ID applications being submitted due to the Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act may contribute to FPIs failing to meet the March 18, 2026, deadline to comply with such Section 16(a) reporting requirements.
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Regulations amending Chapter 517 of the Florida Securities and Investor Protection Act (FSIPA) took effect Oct. 1, 2024 (the Regulations). While the Regulations revise certain existing securities and transactional exemptions from registration, one amendment imposes the bad actor disqualification provisions in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
At a speech to the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Capital Markets Association on April 4, 2022, SEC Chair Gary Gensler took the opportunity to again promote his strong desire to add greater regulation and oversight to the digital asset and cryptocurrency markets. While reminding the audience of the SEC’s mission to protect investors, facilitate
On Aug. 5, 2020, the SEC proposed modifications to current rules and forms that would significantly change the disclosures required of mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that report on SEC Registration Statement Form N-1A, so-called “open-ended funds.” The scheme would create a new rule, 498B, and amend several rules and forms. The rule
On April 9, 2020, in further response to the economic effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System took actions to pump an additional $2.3 trillion in liquidity into the U.S. credit and capital markets. According to the Federal Reserve, this new $2.3 trillion – which
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its proposal to harmonize, simplify, and improve the exempt offering framework under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).1 The SEC’s proposals are the result of the responses submitted to the SEC in connection with the concept release issued June 18, 2019, soliciting
On Jan. 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued (i) guidance regarding the disclosure of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics in Management’s Discussion and Analysis, or MD&A (the “Guidance”), which is effective immediately and applies to the upcoming annual reports on Form 10-K and 20-F as well as related earnings releases; and
John Kaufmann, Of Counsel at Greenberg Traurig, has authored an article titled “Caveat Re-Emptor” for Volume 15, Issue 1 of CCH’s Journal of Taxation of Financial Products. The article examines the treatment of both “capital markets repos” (i.e., sale-repurchase transactions entered into with respect to liquid property, using standard documentation) and what