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Mehul Madia, special counsel in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, provides deep consumer finance and fintech expertise to clients, leveraging more than 15 years’ of public and private sector experience.

Following President Trump’s March 6 Executive Order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, federal agencies and market participants may begin to grapple with the operational and compliance implications of the federal government’s proposed foray into crypto ownership and stewardship. While many of the program’s details remain under development, the initiative raises questions related to governance, custody, disclosure, and alignment with existing financial and national security laws.Continue Reading Federal Crypto Ownership: Compliance Implications of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile