Stablecoins and tokenization (or tokenized assets) are significant elements of the wave of innovation that is revolutionizing markets, finance, and money flows.
Both have blockchain backbones and have their roots in decentralized finance, and both are quickly being adopted by a wide variety of market participants, including traditional financial institutions, payments providers and fintechs.
At the same time, stablecoins and tokenized assets also have different use cases, business opportunities, audiences and regulatory challenges. This requires a multidisciplinary team to design, plan, and implement a strategy that employs one or both of these products.
Our Stablecoins & Tokenization Resource Center is designed to track the latest developments in global regulation, legislation, and business issues that are shaping these two trends.
Our Stablecoins & Tokenization Resource Center draws on expertise from across the Mayer Brown platform, including Fintech, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Broker-Dealer Regulation & Compliance, Capital Markets, Technology & IP Transactions, Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs, Banking & Finance, and Global Investigations & White Collar Defense.
Whether you are at the earliest stages of exploring stablecoin or tokenization opportunities, or refining your digital assets strategy for these products, the navigation tools below will help sort, filter and identify the resources that are most relevant to you.
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Stablecoins
Stablecoins are driving innovation in payments, settlement, and liquidity management—but their adoption comes with complex regulatory and operational questions. Mayer Brown is at the forefront of this space, advising global banks, payment providers, and crypto-native businesses on issues ranging from licensing and AML compliance to systemic risk and governance. Our team includes former senior regulators and market-leading fintech lawyers, enabling us to deliver practical, business-oriented solutions for issuers, investors, and service providers. Whether you’re building stablecoin infrastructure, navigating the GENIUS Act, or structuring cross-border payment solutions, we provide end-to-end guidance.
Tokenization
Tokenization is transforming capital markets by enabling fractional ownership, enhanced liquidity, and operational efficiency. Mayer Brown helps clients move beyond theory to execution, advising on the full lifecycle of tokenized offerings—from structuring and securities law compliance to custody, tax, and secondary trading considerations. We’ve guided leading banks and asset managers in launching tokenized structured notes, commercial paper, and insurance-linked products, leveraging our integrated expertise in financial services regulation, capital markets, and technology transactions. Our approach ensures that innovation aligns with regulatory expectations and strategic business goals.
Featured Webinars
Understanding When and How the GENIUS Act Preempts State Law
As stablecoin innovators begin to explore their options for issuing payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act, the question of what other legal obligations may burden their business is front of mind. In particular, the application of state law to payment stablecoin issuers can sink a business before it gets underway.
David Beam, the leader of our payments practice and an expert on state law preemption held a roundtable discussion with Joe Castelluccio and Matt Bisanz, partners in our fintech practice, to explore the key preemption issues in the GENIUS Act.
Understanding the Intersection Between the GENIUS Act and Federal Securities Laws
The passage of the GENIUS Act has opened the floodgates for stablecoins. As stablecoin innovators begin to explore their options for issuing compliant payment stablecoins, the securities law implications of the GENIUS Act have taken on an important role. In particular, choices made early in an issuer’s life may have an oversized impact on future compliance costs.
To learn more about this important issue, Mayer Brown hosted a webinar with Liz Walsh, a former SEC lawyer in our Public Companies practice, and Matt Bisanz, fintech and regulatory partner in our Banking practice. In this webinar, Liz and Matt explore the key securities law issues in the GENIUS Act.
Impact of the AML Provisions in the GENIUS Act
As US regulators begin to write the rules for stablecoin issuers, one of the key areas to watch is anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. Responsible market participants will be looking for the development of reasonable, risk-based standards that require issuers to prudently control financial crime risk, while not being so onerous that the river of innovation is completely dammed.
In this webinar, Mayer Brown partners Brad Resnikoff and Matt Bisanz explore the key AML provisions of the GENIUS Act.
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