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Fastest Route To Market: Money Transmission Licensing Roadmaps For FinTechs
Digital asset businesses face a complex regulatory landscape that extends far beyond traditional money transmission licensing. This article examines how securities laws, commodities regulation, and state-specific virtual currency frameworks create overlapping compliance obligations that vary based on custody structure, trading functionality, and asset characteristics.
United States Finance
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Taft Stettinius & Hollister
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OCC: Uninsured National Trust Banks Exempt From State Money Transmission Licensing Laws
On June 10, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published an interpretive letter confirming that an uninsured federally chartered national trust bank (NTB) providing digital asset services is not required to obtain an Iowa money transmitter license, and that similar state money transmitter licensing regimes are preempted by federal law when applied to all forms of federally chartered national banks – even those whose deposit accounts are uninsured.
United States Finance
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Winston Taylor
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AI Fintech Startups Are Building Money Businesses. Financial Regulation Comes Earlier Than Founders Think.
AI fintech startups building products that move money, provide investment advice, custody assets, or facilitate financial transactions face complex regulatory questions across securities law, money transmission, banking, and digital assets. Understanding which regulated financial activities a product performs—and addressing those issues early in product design—can help founders preserve options and avoid building on top of regulatory problems.
United States Finance
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Gesmer Updegrove LLP
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The Complete Arbitrage Betting US Tax Guide: US Tax Implications For Prediction Market And Arbitrage Profits
This guide is written for two distinct audiences: casual participants who occasionally place opposing bets across platforms to capture a pricing gap, and organized arbitrage traders who systematically scan multiple bookmakers or prediction market platforms, use dedicated tools, and treat the activity as a repeatable profit source.
United States Tax
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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.
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Digital Assets: Key Opportunities For Growth
Leading attorneys and industry experts convene to examine the rapidly evolving digital asset ecosystem, exploring regulatory shifts, tokenization challenges, and the practical implications of new SEC guidance. The discussion addresses critical infrastructure questions, from secondary trading mechanics to the emerging trend of fintechs pursuing bank charters in an increasingly permissive regulatory environment.
United States Technology
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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The Impacts Of Cryptocurrency On Cross-border Transactions
As cryptocurrency transitions from niche to mainstream with a $4 trillion market cap, cross-border crypto transactions are creating unprecedented tax complexity through inconsistent country-by-country treatment. From income type mismatches and sourcing challenges to valuation volatility and transfer pricing complications, the global tax framework struggles to address digital assets that existing tax treaties were never designed to handle.
United States Technology
GGI Global Alliance
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