K&L Gates LLP

FinTech and Blockchain Law Watch is an editorial resource focused on the legal, regulatory, and commercial developments shaping financial technology and digital assets. Its articles examine how new rules, government strategies, enforcement actions, and industry reforms affect financial institutions, technology businesses, investors, and payment providers. Coverage spans the United States and Australia, with topics including banking regulation, financial services licensing, cybersecurity, consumer data, payment systems, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and digital asset policy.

The publication offers timely commentary on current proposals and decisions, explaining their practical significance for the financial services industry. Recent coverage addresses proposed customer identification requirements for payment stablecoin issuers, changes to Australian responsible-entity requirements, card payment costs and surcharging reforms, and regulatory approaches to crypto asset classification. Other articles consider responses to deepfake fraud and cybersecurity failures. By organizing analysis around developments in FinTech industry regulation, blockchain and smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, and payments, FinTech and Blockchain Law Watch helps readers follow an evolving landscape at the intersection of law, innovation, and commerce.