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DEF Coauthors New Working Paper; Victory in Van Loon v. Treasury Appeal in the 5th Circuit; Court Strikes Down SEC’s Dealer Rule; CFPB Excludes Crypto from Digital Wallets Rule

DEF Coauthors Working Paper “Through the Looking Glass: Conceptualizing Control and Analyzing Criminal Liability For Unlicensed Money...

Dec 9, 20245 min read

On December 2, 2024, the DeFi Education Fund ("DEF") published a new paper in The International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators ...

Dec 2, 20241 min read

SEC Chair Gensler to Resign What happened? Last Thursday, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler announced his...

Nov 25, 20246 min read

On November 20, 2024, the DeFi Education Fund ("DEF") published a new paper written by DEF's Lizandro Pieper and Gavin Zavatone entitled...

Nov 20, 20241 min read

States v. SEC What happened? Last week, 18 states and DEF filed a lawsuit against the SEC in the Eastern District of Kentucky to clarify...

Nov 18, 20242 min read

The recent TD Bank case, where the institution failed to monitor $18.3 trillion in transactions from 2018 to 2024, highlights a glaring...

Nov 18, 20247 min read

Here’s what the DeFi Education Fund (DEF) has been up to in October 2024. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about a...

Nov 14, 20245 min read

Immutable Wells Notice from the SEC What happened? Last month, the blockchain gaming platform Immutable announced it had received a...

Nov 12, 20244 min read

DEF and Beba Collection are incredibly appreciative of all of the amicus briefs submitted to the court in our pre-enforcement challenge...

Nov 4, 20245 min read

Binance Executive Released from Nigerian Custody We are relieved to hear that Nigerian authorities have dropped the charges against...

Oct 28, 20244 min read