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Weekly Blockchain Monitor - March 2026 #3
Financial Institutions and Crypto Payments Companies Launch Products, Collaborations - A major U.S. financial institution that operates one of the world’s largest card payment networks recently announced its Crypto Partner Program, which it described as “a new global initiative that brings together more than 85 crypto‑native companies, payments providers, and financial institutions to create a forum for meaningful dialogue and collaboration as this space continues to mature.”...By: BakerHostetler
Gobierno Nacional de Colombia expidió nuevas medidas tributarias y territoriales para 2026
En el marco del Estado de Emergencia Económica, Social y Ecológica declarado mediante el Decreto Legislativo 150 del 11 de febrero de 2026, el Gobierno Nacional de Colombia expidió los Decretos Legislativos 0240 y 0243 del 12 de marzo de 2026, a través de los cuales se adopta un segundo bloque de medidas extraordinarias de carácter tributario, presupuestal y financiero, orientadas a atender los gastos necesarios para conjurar la crisis y evitar la extensión de sus efectos....By: Holland & Knight LLP
New Fraud Strategy – a serious plan built around a deeper partnership with the private sector
The Government's new Fraud Strategy starts from a stark premise: fraud remains the largest volume crime affecting individuals and businesses in the UK, with an estimated economic and social cost of at least £14.4 billion in 2023-2024. The strategy's central policy claim is therefore an important one – reducing fraud is not only a crime objective, but an economic one. Every pound lost to fraud is a pound not reinvested in the economy....By: Hogan Lovells
SEC and CFTC Sign MOU, SEC Considers Tokenized Securities Innovation Exemption, CFTC Issues Prediction Markets Advisory, FDIC Discusses Stablecoin Pass-Through Insurance
The SEC and CFTC released a Memorandum of Understanding to guide coordination and collaboration between the two agencies. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated that he expects the Commission to soon consider an innovation exemption to facilitate limited trading of certain tokenized securities with an eye toward developing a long-term regulatory framework....By: Paul Hastings LLP
New York City Finalizes SHIELD Debt Collection Rule
On February 26, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced a final rule adopting the Stopping Harassment and Intimidation and Ensuring Lawful Debt (SHIELD) Collection Rule, which significantly expands the City’s debt collection regulations beyond the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Regulation F. The rule limits communication with consumers, broadens dispute and verification rights, and establishes new protections governing the collection of medical...By: Sheppard
Oregon Moves to Opt Out of Federal Interest-Rate Exportation for Consumer Loans
On March 5, the Oregon Senate passed House Bill 4116, legislation amending the Oregon Consumer Finance Act to opt out of the federal interest-rate exportation framework under the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (DIDMCA) for certain consumer loans made to Oregon residents. The bill now awaits the governor’s signature and would apply to consumer finance loans of $50,000 or less made to borrowers in Oregon....By: Sheppard
CFTC Issues Notable Prediction Markets Advisory and Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On March 12, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two noteworthy releases on event contracts and prediction markets: (1) an advisory from the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) providing guidance to designated contract markets (DCMs) on the listing and trading of event contracts with particular focus on those related to sports (the “Advisory Letter”), and (2) the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on the need to amend or issue new...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Prudential regulators issue frequently asked questions clarifying capital treatment of tokenized securities
On March 5, the FDIC, the Fed, and the OCC issued a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) clarifying the capital treatment of tokenized securities. The agencies explained that eligible tokenized securities should be treated the same as their non-tokenized equivalents under the capital rule....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Utility-Scale Energy Storage Procurements in 2026: Contracting and Risk Allocation
The US storage sector experienced significant growth in 2024 and 2025. Approximately 12 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale storage capacity was deployed in 2024, representing one of the largest annual increases on record. Growth continued in 2025, with approximately 19 GW forecasted to be installed. Industry forecasts project that installations may falter slightly in 2026, but development will pick up again in the near term with approximately 93 GW expected to be installed in the next five years....By: Morgan Lewis
NYC’s SHIELD Rule Reshapes Debt Collection Compliance - Original Creditors Now Squarely in Scope
New York City’s newly finalized Stopping Harassment and Intimidation and Ensuring Lawful Debt (SHIELD) Collection Rule materially tightens debt-collection requirements in the nation’s largest consumer market....By: Venable LLP
FTC Signals Enforcement Priorities for Consumer Protection in 2026
On March 5, the Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Christopher Mufarrige delivered remarks outlining several enforcement priorities for the agency’s consumer protection work, including enforcement of the Better Online Ticketing Sales Act (BOTS Act), efforts to address fraud in the U.S. payment system, and actions targeting deceptive subscription practices under the Restore Online Shopper’s Confidence Act (ROSCA)....By: Sheppard
Asset Selection, Demographics, and AI: What’s Driving Real Estate’s Next Cycle
Five takeaways on the real estate market’s trajectory from Goodwin’s 2026 Real Estate Capital Markets (RECM) Conference....By: Goodwin
Individual Resident Investor Tax Benefits Extended Through 2055 With A Four-Percent Tax Rate
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González-Colón has signed into law Act 38-2026 (Act 38), which amends Act 60-2019 (Puerto Rico Incentives Code) to modify tax benefits available to Individual Resident Investors (IRIs). Notably, Act 38 (i) extends the IRI program until December 31, 2055 and (ii) imposes a four-percent income tax on dividends, interest, and certain capital gains for investors who submit decree applications after December 31, 2026....By: DLA Piper
MoFo's Financial Markets & Innovation March 13 2026
Please see below for this week’s Financial Markets & Innovation Weekly Update from Morrison Foerster, tracking how digital asset firms, regulators, and policymakers are shaping the future of financial markets. Covering developments across SEC enforcement activity, Treasury illicit finance policy, CFTC oversight of prediction markets, stablecoin regulation, institutional crypto adoption, and interagency coordination, this update highlights key settlement activity, legislative momentum, litigation...By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
CFPB proposes reinstatement of privacy rule data collection under GLBA
On March 5, the CFPB issued a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comment on its proposal to reinstate an information collection under the GLBA’s implementing regulation (Regulation P). The notice sought feedback on whether the collection is necessary, the accuracy of the estimated burden (i.e., 312,916 annual hours across 462,760 respondents), ways to minimize the burden, and ways to improve clarity and reduce compliance costs. Comments must be submitted by April 6....By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
CFTC Issues Guidance and Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Prediction Markets
Prediction markets are online platforms where people can trade “event contacts” that settle based on the outcome of future events with a “yes” or “no” answer, including contracts based on economic indicators, financial benchmarks, sports, popular culture and politics. These markets have exploded in popularity in the last year, with total trading exceeding $60 billion in 2025, a 400% increase from 2024....By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council removes reputation risk from BSA/AML manual
On February 27, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released updates to its BSA/AML Examination Manual that removed all references to reputation risk. The FFIEC noted that five sections of the manual were revised: (i) “Introduction”; (ii) “Suspicious Activity Reporting”; (iii) “Payable Through Accounts”; (iv) “Electronic Banking”; and (v) “Nondeposit Investment Products.”...By: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
From Penalty to Parity: The SEC Rethinks Stablecoin Risk
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has signaled the lowering of a major regulatory barrier for the institutional adoption of stablecoins. On February 19, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce released a Statement addressing how broker-dealers must account for stablecoins on their balance sheets under the Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), while the SEC Division of Trading and Markets (“DTM”) issued a related FAQ....By: Sheppard
Federal Court Allows Earned Wage Access Claims Under TILA and MLA to Proceed
On March 5, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a fintech provider’s motion to dismiss a proposed class action alleging that its earned wage access (EWA) products violated the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Military Lending Act (MLA)....By: Sheppard
The Next Phase of Battery Storage Investment in 2026 and Beyond
Investment in renewable generation has continued to accelerate in response to rising electricity demand, but energy storage is no longer a discrete or niche investment category. Battery storage is now routinely paired with solar and wind projects to strengthen grid flexibility, address congestion, improve dispatchability, and enhance overall project economics....By: Morgan Lewis
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