The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board appointed Connor Raso to be its Acting General Counsel.

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance analyzed the "economic realities" of protocol staking activities under the Supreme Court's Howey test to determine whether money was invested with "a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others."

House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson and House Financial Services Chair French Hill introduced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney E. Hood recommended expanding educational efforts on financial literacy and urged "everyone in the financial ecosystem" to "carefully monitor the rapidly changing financial marketplace and update financial education strategies accordingly."

The US Department of Labor withdrew previous guidance that discouraged fiduciaries from including cryptocurrency in 401(k) retirement portfolios.