Regulation

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins framed newly proposed Regulation Crypto Assets as an effort to attract crypto firms back to the United States, arguing that past enforcement-heavy approaches drove innovation overseas.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a Travel Rule requiring licensed crypto operators to collect and share sender and recipient information for all coin transfers, with enhanced verification requirem...

Finance ministers from the Group of 20 backed clearer regulatory frameworks for digital assets at their August-September meeting, positioning crypto innovation within a broader economic growth agenda while emphasizing an...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed to dismiss CME's lawsuit over the agency's May approval of Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual futures, arguing the exchange lacks standing and has not demonstrated competitive harm....

Prediction-market traders assign only a 15% probability that the House-passed CLARITY Act will become law by the end of 2026, even as Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill continues promoting the digital asse...

Norway's Digitalisation Minister Karianne Tung announced the government will regulate smart glasses more strictly and may ban facial recognition in public spaces, though no timeline has been set. An expert group will adv...

The SEC has proposed sweeping updates to transfer agent regulations for the first time in nearly four decades, modernizing rules to accommodate blockchain-based securities and faster settlement timelines while maintainin...

New Jersey has asked the US Supreme Court to allow states to regulate prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket as gambling, challenging federal authority vested in the CFTC. The case comes as two federal appeals cou...

New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to determine whether federal commodities law blocks states from regulating prediction markets and sports-related event contracts, challenging conflicting appeals court rulings....

Brian Armstrong claims most banks view the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act as an opportunity, even as banking trade groups oppose it. The Senate Banking Committee advanced the bill in May 2026 with bipartisan support.

Indonesia's Financial Services Authority has announced plans to expand digital assets beyond trading into core financial infrastructure, including new regulations for stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, and unifi...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its first major overhaul of transfer-agent regulations since the late 1970s, explicitly permitting blockchain technology to serve as a company's official shareholder re...

Ondo Finance has submitted comment letters to US regulators arguing that perpetual futures tied to individual stocks can operate under existing frameworks without new rules.

SEC Chair Paul Atkins described the agency's new crypto framework as a historic step toward U.S. crypto leadership, coordinating with the upcoming CLARITY Act Senate vote. The SEC plans to gather public comment while pre...

The G20 has agreed to establish a clear regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, aiming to enhance coordinated international oversight.

After record $206 million in political spending, the crypto sector is moving beyond requesting regulation to demanding permanent statutory frameworks that survive changes in administration, with the September 15 Senate v...

An advocacy group funded by prominent AI entrepreneurs is spending millions on advertising in Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin to counter rising public opposition to data center construction, as polling shows 61% of Americans ...

HashKey has become the first Asian digital asset service provider to join the DTCC's Digital Assets Advisory Services Industry Working Group.

Two Thai businessmen have filed a lawsuit against Tether in a New York district court, challenging the stablecoin issuer's authority to freeze $42.4 million in USDT without a warrant.

Two Thai businessmen are suing Tether after the stablecoin issuer froze $42.4 million in their USDT four months before a court-issued seizure warrant arrived, arguing the company had no legal basis to lock down their fun...