Regulation

A Wall Street Journal investigation alleges Tether paid approximately $6.3 million to Nxum, a consulting firm partly owned by Bo Hines, while he served as a senior White House cryptocurrency official and helped advance l...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued findings on debanking practices at nine major national banks, establishing new supervisory standards that distinguish between legitimate risk management and improp...

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan is advocating for US regulatory frameworks to exempt the blockchain from direct exchange oversight, as market confidence and prediction probabilities shift.

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America for failing to report over $5 billion in suspicious transactions, yet no bank executives faced criminal charges in the enf...

When platforms offer digital tokens linked to listed companies, matching prices do not always reveal what investors actually own. Industry experts highlight the critical differences between direct shareholder equity, int...

The European Banking Authority announced that Circle's EU-issued USDC is the first significant e-money token under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, with supervisory responsibilities transferring to the EBA on Nov...

South Korea's Financial Services Commission is pursuing tighter cybersecurity requirements after a review found deficiencies across 130 financial companies.

Australia's securities regulator ASIC has launched a consultation on proposed capital, custody, and trading requirements for cryptocurrency platforms, with final standards expected in March 2027 and enforcement beginning...

Ripple has announced its fourth Korean institutional partnership this year, extending its blockchain infrastructure into capital markets through a custody and tokenization agreement with Meritz Securities.

Its October 14 response emphasizes controls to exclude offshore gambling operators and says it continues as a BSP-licensed institution. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what...

Sberbank has been added to Russia's register of organizations authorized to exchange digital currencies, joining eight other firms including state-controlled VTB as the country implements its new cryptocurrency framework...

Patrick Witt has departed his position as executive director of the White House Crypto Council after his temporary assignment from the Department of Defense expired. The departure follows leadership changes within the cr...

The White House Crypto Council has lost its last known staffer with the departure of executive director Patrick Witt, leaving no publicly named official to oversee digital asset policy day to day.

The Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association are joining forces with other organizations to accelerate legal proceedings challenging Illinois's 0.2% digital asset tax, which has been paused until July 202...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that nine largest banks under its supervision maintained policies between 2020 and September 2025 that effectively restricted financial services to the crypto industry....

Federal regulators found that all nine of America's largest national banks maintained policies that could restrict financial services based on political beliefs, religious affiliations, or lawful business activities, rai...

A software engineer has filed a High Court claim in London against Bitmex, seeking 324.8 BTC in restitution for losses on 1,053 perpetual swap trades executed between 2018 and 2022, arguing the exchange lacked Financial ...

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released a report identifying crypto activities among sectors where banks have implemented service restrictions, following a Trump administration executive order on deba...

Richard Heart, founder of HEX and PulseChain, was reportedly detained with his wife in Istanbul on October 14 following an Interpol Red Notice requested by Finland related to allegations of tax evasion and assault.

Turkish authorities reportedly detained Richard Heart, founder of HEX and Pulsechain, during an early morning raid in Istanbul on October 14. The operation followed an Interpol Red Notice issued by Finnish authorities in...