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On May 15, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets issued new FAQs relating to crypto asset activities and distributed ledger technology. Additionally, the staffs of the Division of Trading and Markets and the Office of General Counsel of FINRA also withdrew their 2019 joint statement regarding broker-dealer custody of digital asset securities.

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As has been widely reported, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (aka “Crypto Mom”) recently delivered a thoughtful speech entitled “Running on Empty: A Proposal to Fill the Gap Between Regulation and Decentralization,” including with it a model rule on digital token sales. The model rule has made waves in the crypto community because it proposes a three-year safe harbor from SEC registration while a development team builds out a functional, decentralized network.

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