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Law & Policy

A space to discuss Blockchain, Crypto, and Web3 Law & Policy

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Paradigm filed an amicus brief last week in United States v. Storm, advocating for jury instructions that will hold the government to its burden of proof on the mens rea needed to convict Roman Storm for money transmission violations under 18 U.S.C. § 1960. The case goes to trial on July 14 and will have a lasting impact on crypto and software development more generally. More on the state of play and why it matters here: https://www.paradigm.xyz/2025/06/paradigm-files-amicus-brief-supporting-roman-storm

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It looks like Senator Lummis’ digital asset tax provisions (like deferral for mining and staking income) did NOT make it into the latest draft of the BBB. It is still possible that this could be added before the bill is finalized. https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/finance_committee_section-by-section_title_vii3.pdf

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Congress stayed busy with developments in CLARITY and GENIUS acts, Coinbase released their annual State of Crypto Report (no tanks mentioned, afaik), and M&A is hot. Here's everything that happened in crypto law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/06/17/off-the-blockchain-june-9-16-2025/

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Last week in crypto regulation (June 9 – 15):

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Over the weekend, I read Yesha Yadav and Brendan Malone's new article "Stablecoins and the US Treasury Market." The authors point to structural difficulties in regulating the Treasury market, and question whether it will remain a liquid collateral source as stablecoins grow. Ultimately, I think the growth of this market has many advantages, but this paper is essential reading to understand the challenges the US will face to get there. Read my writeup here and subscribe for more. https://open.substack.com/pub/broganlaw/p/non-newtonian-liquidity-in-treasury?r=487bq2&utm_medium=ios

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Hearing that market structure bill is getting tied up on conflict of interest provisions. Do the law and policy folks here think those provisions need to stay or are they negotiable?

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Shopify 🤝 stablecoins Walmart, Amazon 🤝 stablecoins Circle IPO 🤝 stablecoins Congress 🤝 stablecoins

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It’s hard for me to pay attention to anything other than stablecoins rn, and also it’s hard for me to keep up with everything happening involving stablecoins rn. Stablecoin szn.

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Two House committees advanced market structure bills, and the Senate teed up a final vote on the GENIUS Act for next Tuesday. Here’s a quick recap of an eventful week for crypto on the Hill:

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Shopify now supports USDC on @base. Big step. But what happens when every purchase is public—forever? Wrote about it here: https://paragraph.com/@infinityadvisoryllc.com/%F0%9F%94%93-your-social-graph-your-data-your-wallet-everyones-business Would love your thoughts.

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✨I am hiring✨ looking for an associate with 3-8 years experience in BigLaw corporate group (any market - job is remote). Experience in crypto is a plus, but not required, however our work all touches crypto, so applicants have to be interested. We are a small firm so I am paying under market, but hours will also be less than BigLaw, any hire will have direct client contact and autonomy from day one, and I will be looking to make them equity partner on reasonable timeframe. If you are interested, DM me or email me at [email protected]. I will pay a referral bonus of $1000 to anyone who connects me to a candidate that I go on to hire (subject to certain conditions). Must be barred in United States. Cheers!

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Any conlaw types on here? Would love a summary on the legality of the national guard / marine deployment situation in LA with minimal political commentary and a focus on the legal issues.

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Crypto is going public with IPOs, Congress gets heated over Digital Asset regulation, and privacy advocates argue for freedom to code. Here's everything that happened in Crypto Law last week: https://nfttorney.com/2025/06/10/off-the-blockchain-june-2-9-2025/

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A look at the not-yet-public draft tax legislation to be included in the Trump megabill.

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Circle's IPO was a massive success (for it's investors, at least). Offered at $31, the stock opened at $69 and only went up from there. This week, a few people asked me how that happened, and so I wrote about it here. The macro environment may be better for stablecoin issuers than it seemed even a few months ago. Read on and subscribe. https://open.substack.com/pub/broganlaw/p/never-going-back-again?r=487bq2&utm_medium=ios

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