On January 8, 2020, SEC proposed an Order to improve the governance of National Market System Plans over public consolidated equity market data and the dissemination of trade and quote data.

On July 17, 2019, members of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services considered testimony on the potential impact of Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency on consumers, investors and the global financial system.

On July 12, 2019, the CFTC finished updating its data catalogue, completing the first of five steps under the agency's Data Protection Initiative.

On July 8, 2019, the SEC and FINRA addressed issues concerning the application of customer protection, recordkeeping and reporting rules to digital asset securities and transactions.

On July 25, 2019, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance granted no-action relief from provisions of the Securities Act in order to simplify the usage of purchased units of value on online gaming platforms.