Regulation

BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo's contributions to the UK's Reform party totaled approximately three-quarters of the $7.3 million the party received in the second quarter of 2026, according to Electoral Commission records.

Revolut's pending application for a national bank charter exposes a two-tier regulatory system in which crypto firms have received approval for narrow trust-bank licenses while a broader full-service banking application ...

The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has released updated staff guidance on how public companies must disclose their handling of customer digital assets, addressing balance sheet treatment and custody risks.

Circle's president testified before Congress urging passage of the CLARITY Act to anchor digital finance around the US dollar, as the company's stock rose 12% amid easing geopolitical tensions and dovish Fed signals.

The FBI took control of Hamas-linked fundraising domains and servers following court-authorized seizures of digital assets, shifting the operation from tracing past transfers to intercepting new donations.

XRP price rose to $1.3817 as broader crypto markets rallied. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins expressed confidence the Senate will advance the CLARITY Act, with a cloture vote scheduled for September 15.

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.93 billion as part of its ongoing expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure.

DWF Labs has received regulatory approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission to operate as a Virtual Asset Service Provider, expanding its compliance framework for institutional clients.

BeInCrypto is partnering with the Government Blockchain Association for a summit running September 29 to October 2, 2026, across Washington, D.C. and New York, where the company will debut its Legal & Regulatory Expert C...

Isabel Schnabel, a leading voice on ECB monetary policy, is set to depart her Executive Board seat in 2027 to join the International Monetary Fund, vacating her role overseeing market operations mid-term.

Australian cryptocurrency companies utilizing temporary regulatory relief face a Sept. 30 deadline to apply for financial services licenses or risk severe civil and criminal penalties.

The BIS published a working paper describing a blockchain-based proof of concept designed to make official economic data tamper-proof using the XRP Ledger.

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...