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Expenditure Update The DEF’s expenditures generally fall into three categories: grants, internal expenses and operations (payroll,...

FinCEN Oversight Hearing: Foster + Davidson Comments In a hearing last week, Representatives Bill Foster (D-IL) and Warren Davidson...

Illicit financial activity is hard to measure. Even the best estimates are just that — estimates. But that doesn’t mean we can’t track...

IMF Global Financial Stability Report What happened? On April 19, the IMF issued its semiannual Global Financial Stability Report to...

Today, the DEF submitted a comment letter in response to the SEC’s proposed “Amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 Regarding the...

SEC “Exchange” Rulemaking Comments Due Monday Comments in response to the SEC’s exchange rulemaking are due April 18, 2022, and we have a...

Review our SEC Exchange Comment Letter Comments in response to the SEC’s exchange rulemaking are due April 18, 2022. Here’s a link to our...

1. SEC Proposed Dealer Rulemaking What happened? The SEC proposed a new rulemaking that would more broadly define which securities market...

IOSCO DeFi Report What happened? The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), an international coordinating body for...

Senate Banking Committee Hearing on the Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance What happened? The Senate Banking Committee held...