In Law360 Column, Attorneys Analyze Trump Administration Major Crypto Policy Developments

In The News
February 24, 2025

In a Law360 article, attorneys examined five major Trump administration cryptocurrency initiatives that aim to reshape the U.S. digital asset landscape to promote regulatory policy and drive innovation.

The authors analyze digital asset topics including: a Trump executive order that seeks to provide regulatory guidelines for the crypto industry; creation of an executive branch Working Group on Digital Asset Markets; repeal of an SEC rule that imposed restrictive accounting rules on financial institutions handling crypto assets; creation of a new SEC-led crypto task force; and a newly proposed bipartisan stablecoin bill.

The article was authored by litigation & enforcement partner Helen Gugel and asset management partner Melissa Bender, who co-lead the firm’s crypto and blockchain task force, and asset management counsel Glen Hai Chen.