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Rules and enforcement from the SEC, CFPB, banking regulators and FHFA, and the court cases over their powers.
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CLARITY stalled at 49–50. Crypto’s rulebook now runs through agencies
A month after the Senate blocked the crypto market-structure bill, the SEC and CFTC have three open comment dockets doing the work Congress didn't. The first closes Oct. 20.
Stablecoin rules are late. The GENIUS Act’s Jan. 18 start date is not
Regulators missed the GENIUS Act's July rulemaking deadline, and most rules are still proposals. The law takes effect Jan. 18, 2027, regardless. Here is the docket, and the date math that locks it in.
FDIC merger rewrite: five-day approvals and credit unions in the math
The FDIC wants to replace its merger policy statement with a binding rule: deemed approval for small deals, hard processing clocks, and a competition screen that counts credit unions. Comments are due Nov. 23.
Two commissioners and 200,000 letters: the 10-Q’s fate rests on a quorum
The SEC's proposal to let public companies swap three 10-Qs for one semiannual Form 10-S drew a record comment file. With Hester Peirce gone, two Republicans now decide whether it becomes final.
A third court tells the CFPB to ask the Fed for its money
A federal judge in Oregon ruled that the Fed's "combined earnings" means revenue, not profit. The legal theory for starving the CFPB is now 0 for 3, and the fight moves to Congress.
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