Regulation

OKX is tightening anti-money laundering controls by triggering extended reviews for deposits from high-risk addresses, potentially restricting account functions and funds during the process.

Robinhood Wallet and Fomo allow users to buy memecoins with credit cards through Apple Pay and Google Pay without additional identity verification, but the transactions may violate card network rules for cryptocurrency p...

The Treasury Department is preparing to sanction another bank as part of Operation Economic Outcast, targeting institutions that facilitate Iranian transactions and enable sanctions evasion through dollar-clearing access...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has scheduled a September 17 roundtable in Washington, DC to examine the feasibility of continuous, crypto-style trading of US equities, bringing together executives from the nat...

Britain's National Crime Agency froze approximately $13.5 million transferred by crypto company Sorare to the Premier League, part of a civil-recovery investigation into alleged third-party criminality. The move highligh...

President Trump pushed back against mounting resistance to AI data centers, but polls show broad opposition across party lines, and at least 75 projects worth $130 billion have been blocked or delayed in early 2026.

Core DAO identified excess rewards issued to a small group of validators, prompting Coinbase and LBank to restrict CORE token transfers. The project has not disclosed the amount of excess tokens or technical details, lea...

The U.S. SEC has charged 38 entities for allegedly using false filings to create a misleading appearance of legitimacy as registered investment advisers.

Protect Progress, an affiliate of the Fairshake political action committee, spent just over $189,000 to support Representative Jake Auchincloss in the Massachusetts primary.

The UK’s National Crime Agency has frozen 10 million pounds in connection with an ongoing investigation into online sports company Sorare over claims of unlicensed gambling.

A Federal Reserve research paper examines how wholesale central bank digital currencies and tokenized commercial bank deposits could reshape financial settlement systems, comparing efficiency and trade-offs between the t...

CUSO Financial Services has agreed to a $1.75 million settlement fund to resolve negligence claims following a data breach that potentially impacted about 76,000 individuals.

Prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently suspended former US Representative George Santos and imposed a three-year ban on House candidate Laurie Buckhout for trading on event contracts they could influence throu...

The CFTC has issued enforcement guidance for event contract derivatives, establishing clearer regulatory boundaries as prediction markets expand beyond niche trading into mainstream financial activity.

The SEC's September 2026 proposal modernizes registration and reporting for roughly 273 US-registered transfer agents and explicitly asks how blockchain-based recordkeeping should fit within official securities infrastru...

A federal judge has removed Solana Labs, Solana Foundation, and company executives from Burwick Law's lawsuit against Pump Fun, while upholding racketeering and fraud allegations against the platform's parent company and...

The annual festival brought together Indonesian government officials, regulators, and global industry leaders in Bali to discuss stablecoins, asset tokenization, and the role of digital assets in Indonesia's financial ce...

The National Crime Agency has frozen funds from the crypto fantasy soccer platform's sponsorship deal with England's top soccer division under the Proceeds of Crime Act as it investigates potential links to criminality.

Russia's regulated digital asset framework became effective September 1, allowing licensed crypto trading while limiting retail investors to approximately $3,700 annually. The Bank of Russia now oversees intermediaries, ...

A viral social media exchange highlighted by Elon Musk and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has put German startup bureaucracy under the spotlight, drawing attention to mandatory notary readings and steep state-set fees.