Weekly Notes, 028.
July 16, 2025
👋 Readers, this is 28 straight weeks of Weekly Notes!
I’m on week 3 of an epic road trip (more to come on that), so this will be another light version of my weekly notes.
It’s Crypto Week, tariff deals being worked and announced, more pressure on Iran, drugs, and terrorists, a new era at the OCC, and still, enforcement actions for BSA/AML/CFT violations.
Those are my highlights from what I’ve been able to catch in the news this past week (while not driving the family bus).
Interesting issues and news across the US economic and national security landscape.
Analysis: My human brain has paused making sense of what I’m reading this past week. Back in action next week!
Here are five (5) links sourced directly from the US Department of the Treasury, NVIDIA, and Reed Smith.
Terrorist Financing Targeting Center Designates ISIS Facilitators in Africa
Treasury Targets Additional Elements of Iran’s “Shadow Banking” Network
Treasury Extends Effective Dates of Orders Issued Under New Authority to Counter Fentanyl
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Promotes AI in Washington, DC and China
Interesting issues and news across finance, technology, risk, regulation, and financial crime.
Analysis: My human brain has paused making sense of what I’m reading this past week. Back in action next week!
Here are seven (7) links sourced directly from the Congressional committees, federal, and state regulators.
Trump-backed crypto regulation bills fail to clear key hurdle in Congress
Scott Pushes for Regulatory Clarity in Digital Asset Market Structure Legislation
The Hill: Ending the Era of Uncertainty: Congress Delivers for Crypto
Agencies Issue Joint Statement on Risk-Management Considerations for Crypto-Asset Safekeeping
OCC Advances Key Priorities Under Acting Comptroller Rodney E. Hood
Jonathan V. Gould Takes Office as the 32nd Comptroller of the Currency
Interesting reports.
Environmental Crimes Bulletin - June 2025 from US Department of Justice
Interesting charts of the week.
