The bipartisan bill would provide a federal safe harbor for non-custodial blockchain service providers from state money transmission and digital asset licensing laws.

By Arthur S. Long, Parag Patel, Yvette D. ValdezStephen P. Wink, Pia Naib, and Deric Behar

On March 23, 2023, US House of Representatives Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R) and Representative Darren Soto (D) introduced the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (the Bill).

The short Bill is singular in purpose: it would

The guidance is part of the rapidly evolving rules on anti-money laundering and aims to promote UAE as a jurisdiction compliant with best practices.

By Brian Meenagh, Ksenia Koroleva, and Matthew Rodwell

On August 1, 2022, the UAE Central Bank (CBUAE) issued the Guidance for Licensed Financial Institutions on the Risks Relating to Payments.[1]

The guidance was issued to implement the requirements of Federal Decree Law No. 20 of 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing