Regulation

The Blockchain Association has called for clearer tax regulations on digital assets, proposing de minimis exemptions for small transactions and revised treatment for mining and staking rewards.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told Parliament that South Africa needs a different approach to proposed crypto regulations, shifting away from pre-approvals toward assessing transactions for legitimacy and tax complia...

Leonardo de Jesus Zuluaga Duque was sentenced to 160 months in prison, five years of supervised release and a $14.75 million forfeiture in a case involving drug proceeds moved through Tether and US shell companies.

Colombian authorities, working with U.S. intelligence, detained eight individuals accused of using cryptocurrency to launder drug trafficking proceeds, including one suspect who processed over $42 million in suspicious t...

Switzerland's financial regulator has approved the country's first Swiss-law exchange-traded fund allowing retail investors direct exposure to Bitcoin.

South Korea's Digital Asset Basic Act is close to completion, the Financial Services Commission chairman says, while a dispute over the timing of the country's crypto tax continues.

The US Treasury has proposed rules blocking investment in AI and high-risk semiconductors in certain foreign countries, while the Department of Homeland Security ordered DeepSeek removed from federal civilian agency IT s...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal has opened an inquiry into Tether's payments to Nxum Group, co-founded by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines, citing ethical and legal concerns.

A former Circle employee and shareholder filed a derivative lawsuit alleging two UAE-linked crypto transactions violated the Foreign Emoluments Clause and benefited Trump and World Liberty Financial.

A Circle shareholder alleges that President Trump, World Liberty Financial and Steve Witkoff created a pathway for foreign governments to use the USD1 stablecoin, harming Circle's ability to compete with USDC.

A lawsuit filed by a Circle shareholder and former employee alleges President Trump violated the Constitution by profiting from crypto deals with the UAE, including a $2 billion investment via World Liberty Financial's U...

The OCC's final GENIUS Act rule removes a proposed presumption against certain affiliate rewards but retains the ban on issuers paying yield for holding stablecoins. Existing programs get no grandfathering, and the rule ...

Google's revised policy for crypto exchange and wallet ads targeting the UAE took effect on October 21, requiring advertisers to hold an accepted local license and Google certification.

Digital Freedom Fund, the Super PAC launched by Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, reported spending over $81,000 on direct mail to support Republican Ken Paxton and oppose Democrat James Talarico in Texas,...

Albuquerque's ban on crypto ATMs and cashier-facilitated cryptocurrency transactions is now in effect, with noncompliant businesses facing $500 daily fines and possible license revocation.

Darlene Toman, 64, faces bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges after prosecutors alleged she wrote checks to herself from client and pro bono accounts at an Ohio elder-care law firm.

The Central Bank of Ireland penalized Coinbase Ireland for inadequate safeguarding and outsourcing controls, while Coinbase said coding errors left a safeguarding account underfunded by an average of 0.54% in 2023 and th...

Chinese prosecutors have filed a confiscation application for 61,896 bitcoin worth about $5.1 billion currently held by British authorities, as a UK court ruling leaves ownership claims unresolved.

Crypto lobbying spending fell in Q3 2026 after the Senate rejected the CLARITY Act, but industry totals remained above $4 million for a sixth straight quarter as focus shifted to SEC and CFTC rulemaking.

Tianjin prosecutors have applied to confiscate 61,896 BTC and other assets linked to Zhimin Qian, with a local court accepting the case as UK judges weigh victims' claims to the coins.