Davis Polk Discusses IPOs and Other Public Offerings During the Government Shutdown

By Roshni Banker Cariello, Joseph A. Hall, Michael Kaplan, John B. Meade and Richard D. Truesdell, Jr. October 31, 2025 by jlucero

Nearly a month into the government shutdown with no clear end in sight, many companies and underwriters are starting to ask the same question: Can we still go public? The short answer is Yes, under the right circumstances—and the …

Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Crypto Regulation by the SEC

By Carol Goforth April 27, 2021 by renholding

In 2008, the world ushered in the blockchain era[1] with a whitepaper posted pseudonymously in an online discussion of cryptography under the name “Satoshi Nakamoto.”[2] That paper formed the foundation for Bitcoin, the first blockchain-hosted cryptoasset,[3] a …

SEC Divisions Set Forth Views on Issuing and Trading Digital Asset Securities

By Securities and Exchange Commission November 21, 2018 by renholding

In recent years, we have seen significant advances in technologies – including blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies – that impact our securities markets. This statement[1] highlights several recent Commission enforcement actions involving the intersection of long-standing applications of …

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Davis Polk Discusses IPOs and Other Public Offerings During the Government Shutdown

Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Crypto Regulation by the SEC

SEC Divisions Set Forth Views on Issuing and Trading Digital Asset Securities