Regulation

South Korea’s comprehensive crypto legislation is reportedly nearing completion, with debates over a proposed 22% tax on certain crypto income intensifying.

Tianjin court accepts prosecutors' request to confiscate Bitcoin and other assets linked to Qian Zhimin, who allegedly ran a fundraising scheme that lost investors nearly 20 billion yuan.

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties after a jury found 43,899,725 violations of the state's Unfair Practices Act tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Chinese prosecutors are seeking to seize more than 61,800 bitcoin linked to an alleged $5.7 billion fraud scheme, days after a U.K. court ruled Chinese law governs victims' claims to the coins.

Ripple supports the SEC's proposed crypto framework while seeking safeguards for exchanges, brokers, and token holders, arguing that investment contracts—not crypto assets themselves—are securities.

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig advocates for a cohesive federal framework to replace inconsistent state rules like New York's BitLicense, aligning with proposed regulations CTX and CAM.

Tokenized Stock Venue, Perpetuals.com, and OKX have submitted plans to the SEC to trade tokenized stocks under a new five-year exemption.

President Donald Trump will use a White House event on Wednesday to spotlight efforts against foreign criminal networks that lure Americans into fraudulent crypto investments, a White House official told Reuters.

President Trump hosted a White House roundtable on cybercrime, highlighting billions in losses and frozen funds, but did not use the terms 'cryptocurrency' or 'digital assets' despite reports that crypto scams were a foc...

US banks warn proposed SEC crypto exemptions could drain deposits, while investment managers push for broader access to digital assets as the comment period closes.

Ripple Labs has urged the SEC to finalize its proposed Regulation Crypto Assets framework and clarify how investment contracts end, how tokens are classified, and how intermediaries can rely on issuer filings.

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has launched two consultations on DeFi and crypto asset regulation, seeking input on which activities will require authorization before the full regime takes effect in October 2027.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has published its final rule under the GENIUS Act, establishing regulations for payment stablecoin issuers under its supervision ahead of a January 2027 start date.

Six major blockchain organizations, including Chainlink Labs and the Cardano Foundation, have called on the SEC to explicitly classify digital commodities as non-securities in its proposed crypto regulatory framework.

President Donald Trump will use a White House event on Wednesday to highlight his administration's push against foreign criminal networks that lure Americans into fake crypto investments, a White House official told Reut...

Stand With Crypto says customers filed complaints about blocked or restricted transfers to FCA-registered crypto exchanges between May and August 2026, with Lloyds, Barclays and NatWest receiving the most.

TLDR Bitwise and the Hyperliquid Policy Center filed comment letters asking the SEC to revise its proposed crypto rules. Bitwise wants a clear standard for deciding if a crypto asset is a security, based on public inform...

Federal prosecutors say Rajesh "Raj" Patel billed a federal program for at least 380,000 COVID-19 tests that were never performed, with the agency paying out about $44.1 million.

Ripple has submitted a comment letter supporting clearer SEC rules for crypto assets, arguing that inconsistent enforcement has pushed innovation offshore and cost the industry millions.

Deputies adopted amendment I-3898 to the 2027 budget bill, ending tax deferral on crypto-to-stablecoin swaps starting January 1, 2027, and rejecting a 10-year loss carryforward in the same sitting.