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Law Decoded: Competing narratives around crypto clash on the Earth Day, April 19-26

Published 04/25/2022, 03:30 PM
Updated 04/25/2022, 05:00 PM
Law Decoded: Competing narratives around crypto clash on the Earth Day, April 19-26

Regulation by enforcement, a fast and economical substitute for thorough rulemaking, is widely regarded as some of the U.S. executive agencies’ preeminent approach to crypto regulation. It could be summed up as letting crypto firms explore the boundaries of what is permissible by themselves and then punishing industry participants in case their exploratory actions come to look like a transgression. Others will take heed and learn from the explorer’s negative experience.

While it is the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that gets accused of over-reliance on regulation by enforcement most frequently, other federal agencies do that as well. Last week, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, announced cease and desist proceedings against Anchorage Digital, the nation’s first crypto custody firm to be awarded a national bank charter.

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