The crypto frontier: How US policymakers and investment advisers can address digital assets

William Nelson
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William Nelson: Associate General Counsel, Investment Adviser Association, USA

Journal of Financial Compliance, 2023, vol. 7, issue 1, 53-63

Abstract: This paper focuses on prominent issues surrounding digital assets. The lack of a comprehensive federal digital asset law has recently raised several issues for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered investment advisers as they try to navigate new markets and new industry practices. As such, this paper addresses the current US regulatory landscape, provides a comparison of non-US approaches to digital assets and provides US policymakers with key principles they can consider for potential digital asset legislation and/or regulation. The paper also provides compliance considerations for investment advisers who currently manage digital assets, to address the evolving obligations under the US securities laws.

Keywords: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); investment adviser; compliance; digital assets; cryptocurrency; crypto-assets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E5 G2 K2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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