Brazilian Exchanges Receive New Bank Secrecy and Accounting Standards Provisions
The measures seek to fully integrate crypto exchanges into the established financial system and protect the identity information of the...
Regulation
The Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act Gets Introduced in Congress
Representatives Scott Fitzgerald, Ben Cline, and Zoe Lofgren introduced the bill to Congress on February 26, seeking to protect software...
Drained Accounts and Overseas Scammers: Why Minnesota May Pull the Plug on Crypto ATMs
Minnesota lawmakers are considering HF3642, a bill that would implement a statewide ban on Bitcoin ATMs to combat a surge...
CFTC Cracks Down on Prediction Market Abuse as Insider Trading Cases Surface on Kalshi
Federal regulators are emphasizing oversight expectations for prediction markets, using recent enforcement activity on KalshiEX to signal that event contract...
South Africa Moves to Bring Cryptocurrencies Under Capital Flow Controls
South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has announced plans to end the country’s crypto regulatory vacuum by drafting new rules...
Nigerian Leader Unveils New Regulatory Framework for Country’s Digital Asset Market
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has launched a comprehensive regulatory regime for Nigeria’s digital asset market, headlined by the creation of...
iGaming Regulations in Focus: UK Fees, Brazil Taxes and X’s Gambling Ban
Governments from London to Brazil tightened their grip on iGaming this week, rolling out tax hikes, sponsorship bans, and enforcement...
Ripple CEO Sees 90% Clarity Act Passage Odds—More Bullish Than Prediction Markets
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse now sees a 90% chance the Clarity Act passes by April, outpacing prediction markets as White...
FATF Warns Crypto Misuse Fuels Illicit Finance, Urges Nations to Impose New Countermeasures
Global crypto oversight efforts advanced as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) approved new digital asset risk reports, reaffirmed Iran’s...
SEC Issues 2% Stablecoin Capital Guidance, Softening Regulatory Pressure on Institutional Exposure
SEC signals regulatory clarity for payment stablecoins, allowing broker-dealers to apply a 2% net capital haircut and paving the way...
Clarity Act Could Provide ‘Great Comfort’ to Markets, US Treasury Secretary Bessent Says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act this spring, arguing the legislation would calm crypto markets...
Prediction Markets Trigger Federal-State Clash as CFTC Defends Authority
The CFTC is escalating its defense of exclusive authority over U.S. commodity derivatives and prediction markets as legal battles threaten...
Coinbase CEO Confident of ‘Win-Win-Win’ Deal Between White House, Banks, Crypto
Coinbase is intensifying efforts to shape U.S. crypto market structure legislation as CEO Brian Armstrong pushes for a breakthrough between...
US Lawmaker Blasts SEC Crypto Overhaul—Bulls See Regulatory Reset Powering the Next Rally
A Democratic lawmaker accused the SEC of favoring Wall Street and billionaires as sweeping policy rollbacks and crypto enforcement shifts...
SEC Division Moves to Clarify When Tokens Trigger Securities Status After Years of Ambiguity
The SEC is accelerating formal crypto rulemaking, advancing a structured framework to define when digital assets qualify as securities and...
Coinbase CEO: Stablecoin Rewards Ban Would Be ‘More Profitable’ for the Exchange
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, recently offered his take on how banning stablecoin rewards in the CLARITY act would benefit...
CFTC Unveils All-Star Committee—Ripple and Coinbase Join Elite Roster Fueling Crypto Regulatory Breakthrough
The CFTC is forming a high-profile Innovation Advisory Committee featuring leaders from Coinbase, Ripple, and other major crypto and exchange...
SEC Testifies on Clear Crypto Oversight, Signaling Major Regulatory Breakthrough for Digital Assets
In congressional testimony, the SEC detailed plans to align with Congress on a federal crypto framework aimed at clarifying digital...
Defunct P2P Crypto Platform Paxful Sentenced to $4M Penalty for Money Laundering, Travel Act Violations
Peer‑to‑peer cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful was sentenced to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to conspiring in...
White House Convenes Crypto Leaders, Banks, Policymakers for Market Structure Talks
Bipartisan momentum is building behind U.S. crypto legislation as the White House intensifies talks with industry, banks, and lawmakers, signaling...
SEC Commissioner Frames Tokenization as Market Evolution, Not Regulatory Disruption
Tokenization is emerging as a regulatory-tested path to modernizing U.S. securities markets, with the SEC weighing blockchain-based systems that could...
Portugal orders Polymarket to shut down over election betting surge
Portugal prohibits political betting under its 2015 online gambling law. Polymarket remains accessible, but regulators may ask ISPs to block...
