Archive:April 7, 2025

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United States: Staff Cedes Jurisdiction Over Certain Stablecoins
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Europe: UK’s FCA Intensifies Scrutiny on Private Markets Valuations

United States: Staff Cedes Jurisdiction Over Certain Stablecoins

By: Cheryl L. Isaac, Richard F. Kerr, Sarah V. Riddell, and Keri E. Riemer

On 4 April 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Division) issued a statement (Statement) providing that the offer and sale of certain “Covered Stablecoins” do not involve the offer and sale of securities within the meaning of federal securities laws. As such, persons involved in the process of offering, selling and redeeming Covered Stablecoins are not required to register those transactions with the SEC or rely on an exemption from registration.

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Europe: UK’s FCA Intensifies Scrutiny on Private Markets Valuations

By: Daniel Greenaway and Flavio Picaro

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. This review follows the highlighting of vulnerabilities in private markets stemming, in part, from opaque valuations, in both the Bank of England’s June 2024 Financial Stability Report and IOSCO’s September 2023 report on emerging risks in private finance markets.

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