Welcome to the first issue of the Digital Assets + Blockchain Newsletter. In this newsletter, we’ll track the regulatory, legislative, and enforcement developments reshaping the crypto and digital assets landscape — from the GENIUS Act’s stablecoin framework to the SEC’s and CFTC’s evolving posture on digital commodities to custody rules, licensing regimes, and beyond.
On September 16, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) released a new supervisory resource designed to help state examiners assess the use and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) at state-chartered banks and state-licensed nonbank financial institutions. The publicly available framework also gives regulated institutions insight into examiners’ general approach, the types of questions they may ask, and the information they may request regarding an institution’s AI-based products, services, and tools.
This article was republished on insideARM on August 19, 2026.
On August 11, the Colorado Department of Law (DOL) filed proposed rules implementing two significant Colorado artificial intelligence laws, the Automated Decision-Making Technology in Consequential Decisions Act (ADMT Act) and the Conversational Artificial Intelligence Services Act (Chatbot Safety Act), both of which take effect January 1, 2027. As we reported in May (here), the Colorado legislature significantly rewrote its earlier 2024 AI law, replacing the prior framework with a more targeted set of obligations focused on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) in consequential decisions. The proposed rules represent the Attorney General’s effort to flesh out that framework before the upcoming effective date. They also begin to answer several of the questions we flagged as unresolved when the new law was signed.
On July 1, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a proposed policy statement addressing whether AI companies that steer their systems’ outputs toward undisclosed ideological objectives, rather than toward the objectives that consumers request or reasonably expect, may be engaging in deceptive acts or practices in violation of § 5 of the FTC Act. The public comment period closes July 31, 2026.
Delaware is positioning itself at the center of digital asset and stablecoin innovation with a coordinated package of legislation aimed at modernizing its banking code and creating a comprehensive framework for payment stablecoins. Senate Bill 16, the “Delaware Banking Modernization Act of 2026,” (SB 16) and Senate Bill 19, the “Delaware Payment Stablecoin Act,” (SB 19) were introduced on March 23, 2026, and are currently moving through the General Assembly. If enacted, both measures would take effect immediately, with implementation required by the earlier of one year after enactment or the issuance of final regulations by the State Bank Commissioner.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the broad-based principles set out in the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act for determining when a state-level regulatory regime for “state qualified payment stablecoin issuers” is “substantially similar” to the federal regulatory framework. That determination is the gateway for state-chartered, nonbank stablecoin issuers with up to $10 billion in outstanding stablecoins to operate primarily under state oversight rather than as federally supervised “permitted payment stablecoin issuers.” Comments will be due 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.