Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether Polymarket violated its 2022 settlement by allowing American users to trade, reviving an inquiry closed in 2025 without charges.

A new Ipsos poll for the DeFi Education Fund finds broad support for policies encouraging domestic fintech, even as few voters report familiarity with crypto or stablecoins.

A new TD Cowen policy note warns that next week's midterm elections could make it difficult for Congress to pass the CLARITY Act over the next two years, as the crypto industry has spent $176 million on more than 100 rac...

New GENIUS Act guidance bars stablecoin issuers such as Circle from paying interest directly, but allows exchanges including Coinbase and Robinhood to pass reserve earnings to customers — a decision banks and consumer gr...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is examining Polymarket's internal controls and its marketing to U.S. users, including influencer videos that reportedly featured staged bets.

The crypto sector has poured about $176 million into more than 100 midterm races, led by Fairshake, as it seeks a bipartisan coalition to protect its interests after President Trump leaves office.

Coinbase will automatically convert or require withdrawal of 14 stablecoins including USDT, PYUSD, and USD1 for European customers by October 30 due to EU regulatory requirements, with assets not withdrawn by the deadlin...

Pretty Good Policy for Zcash (PGPZ) has asked the SEC to let crypto issuers substantiate fundraising claims without revealing unrelated wallet activity, highlighting a test for privacy‑focused compliance under the agency...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted final approval for Ripple National Trust Bank on October 26, 2026, enabling the company to manage RLUSD reserves and provide digital asset custody services under fede...

Bulletin 2026-51 clarifies application and waiver processes as payment stablecoin issuers face a January 18, 2027, compliance deadline.

Ripple National Trust Bank won final regulatory approval to manage reserves backing its $2.5 billion stablecoin, but the charter assigns no direct role to the XRP token.

The FCA has opened its crypto authorisation gateway and says firms intending to keep serving UK customers should apply by February 28, 2027, ahead of the regime's October 25, 2027 start.

An October 8 opinion from ESMA says authorised crypto-asset service providers should stop offering services involving asset-referenced or e-money tokens that fall outside MiCA requirements.

The federal approval allows Ripple National Trust Bank to manage RLUSD reserves, act as collateral trustee and provide custody, while the charter does not directly cover XRP.

A proposed SEC framework would modernize custody rules for registered advisers and regulated funds holding digital assets, though key operational and eligibility questions remain unresolved.

Optimism Foundation's draft governance manual would replace Security Council member elections with a nominee-approval system where the elected Council Lead nominates candidates, subject to a 20% tokenholder veto threshol...

A GraniteShares post-effective amendment delays the effective date for a registration covering 3x long and short XRP ETFs until Nov. 30, 2026, while the filing itself makes no link to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections....

Final OCC approval completes chartering for Ripple National Trust Bank, which will manage RLUSD reserves and offer custody. RLUSD issuance remains with Ripple's NYDFS-regulated trust company.

Core developers paused the Glamsterdam fork on Ethereum's Hoodi testnet after ChainSecurity identified compatibility issues affecting real-world contracts. The delay was triggered by unexpected gas behavior that could ca...

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced plans to use Hyperliquid’s infrastructure to launch CFTC‑regulated perpetual futures markets for U.S. clients, pending regulatory approval.