Rules, legislation, enforcement and public policy shaping digital assets.
The bank-backed company says it is now eligible to issue euro-denominated electronic money tokens under Dutch supervision. Its stablecoin is not yet circulating, and the launch still requires a MiCA white paper and other operational steps.
Researchers found that increases in U.S. bank deposit rates preceded weaker growth in reserve-backed stablecoins, especially USDC. The study does not establish that stablecoin growth reduces aggregate bank deposits or lending.
The company wants to operate a U.S. derivatives venue and intermediary offering crypto and event contracts. Neither application is an approval, and the CFTC’s public venue list does not yet show an obvious entry under the Blockchain.com brand.
The global standard setter identified gaps in monitoring, information sharing and failure planning before an October 15 G20 meeting. Its assessment is non-binding and does not create new issuer obligations.
The Celsius founder agreed to broad restrictions on crypto and financial-industry activity, but the headline monetary amount is not an immediate $35 million payment. Federal forfeiture and completion of his prison sentence can satisfy the two state obligations.
Europe’s securities regulator says MiCA-authorized providers should stop regulated services involving noncompliant stablecoins. Legacy exposures may receive a limited three-month wind-down, but the opinion is not a universal ban on holding stablecoins.
Thailand’s SEC has issued a framework for locally established crypto ETFs, initially limiting eligible assets to bitcoin and ether. The effective date opens a regulatory route but does not establish that any fund has been approved or begun trading.
The proposed service would cover selected cryptoassets, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets for institutional and eligible corporate clients. The bank disclosed no launch date, supported-asset list or specific regulatory approval.
A Manhattan jury found Jonathan Spalletta guilty on computer-fraud and money-laundering counts tied to two 2021 attacks. A $31 million cryptocurrency seizure does not establish how much victims will recover.
The October 7 memorandum establishes work on a tenge-linked stablecoin concept and an Alatau tokenization pilot. It does not identify an issuer, approve a token or set reserve terms, a blockchain or a launch date.
The Cardano Foundation says its programmable-token framework is live on mainnet, allowing issuers to attach transfer and compliance controls to native assets. The public specification still carries Proposed status, and no production issuer adoption was established.
The pending rule would require covered financial institutions to stop transfers involving identified A7 Network sub-agents, including transactions in convertible virtual currency. It does not impose a blanket ban on the A7A5 stablecoin or create an effective rule before FinCEN completes the process.
The proposed Nasdaq product would hold ZEC directly, use Gemini as custodian and charge a 0.25% annual sponsor fee. Its preliminary filing is not effective, leaves key service-provider fields blank and establishes no launch date.
The proposed bank would combine custody, reserve administration and dollar-token issuance under OCC supervision. The regulator has not approved the plan or yet added Rain to its public application list.
The agency is considering a purpose-built exchange category, proof-of-reserves requirements and futures-merchant intermediation. The advance notice creates no immediate obligations and does not close the federal gap for ordinary spot trading.
Two unfinished rulemakings would have expanded reporting around unhosted-wallet transfers and cryptocurrency mixing. Their withdrawal closes those proposals without eliminating existing anti-money-laundering or sanctions obligations.
New Bank of Russia rules establish admission and disclosure procedures for crypto exchange organizations, digital depositories and certain information-system operators. The effective date opens a regulatory pathway, but does not establish that any applicant has been approved or begun operating.
The joint venture’s October 4 notice describes permissioned, round-the-clock trading in 63 stock symbols through stablecoin-funded automated market makers. It does not establish that trading has started, that issuers consented or that sufficient liquidity will develop.
Cboe BZX received approval to list products targeting three times the daily performance of bitcoin and ether futures benchmarks. The order does not establish that either product has begun trading.
A federal judge preliminarily blocked Illinois licensing and criminal provisions from reaching the sports event contracts at issue. The ruling leaves state transaction fees, the merits and a widening national court split unresolved.
IEX can list options on qualifying single-asset and multi-asset crypto trusts under a generic framework. The rule does not establish that any particular crypto product began trading on the exchange’s first day.
The banking trade group says the regulator exceeded its authority by opening national trust charters to crypto-focused companies. The lawsuit has not suspended the OCC rule or produced a merits ruling.
State officials and two crypto trade groups jointly requested a six-month stay while their constitutional dispute proceeds. The proposed delay remains subject to a Sangamon County judge’s approval and would not repeal the tax.
The ADAPT Act would remove gain-or-loss recognition from qualifying dollar-stablecoin purchases and small network fees while extending wash-sale rules to most traded digital assets. The September 30 measure remains a proposal and has not changed current tax law.