Regulation

Crypto Licensing Map: What Authorization Means in Practice

The Treasury Lost a Person Who Turned Crypto Policy Into Working Documents

Senior digital asset adviser Tyler Williams left the US Treasury and is expected to return to the private sector. Before government service, he led policy work at Galaxy Digital...

Why Privacy In Web3 Became A Toxic Topic

South Africa Defined When a Transfer to Your Own Wallet Becomes a Capital-Flow Event

South Africa's National Treasury and Reserve Bank published a draft Crypto Asset Manual. Under the proposal, a transfer from a local authorized provider to an offshore platform or...

Texas Puts AI Data Centers in Line and Makes Approved Power More Valuable

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered an audit of data center projects seeking connections to the ERCOT power system. Applicants must disclose expected electricity and water...

Nigeria Wants Part of Its Crypto Tax Paid in Tokens

Nigeria's revenue authority issued rules that place exchanges and peer to peer marketplaces at the center of virtual asset tax collection. Platforms must withhold, report and remit...

AAA Creates a Web3 Arbitration Panel for Smart Contract Disputes

The American Arbitration Association launched a dedicated Web3 Panel for disputes involving smart contracts, blockchain, digital assets, tokenization, decentralized systems...

Chainalysis Says the World Cup Drove $20B in Onchain Prediction Markets

Chainalysis published research on the 2026 World Cup and the onchain activity around it. According to the firm, the tournament generated $20 billion in blockchain prediction market...

Alchemy Pay Adds Michigan as U.S. Crypto Payment Licensing Expands

Alchemy Pay has secured a Money Transmitter License in Michigan. On its own, that sounds like a local regulatory update. For U.S. crypto payments, licenses like this form the...

Circle Gets a New York Trust Charter, and USDC Adds Another Regulatory Layer

Circle has received a limited purpose trust charter from the New York Department of Financial Services, and this is more than another badge on a compliance page. For the stablecoin...

Nexo Says EEA Operations Continue Through MiCA-Licensed Partners

Nexo said it is maintaining operations across the European Economic Area in the MiCA era through a local setup involving two MiCAR licensed partners. The company presents the...

Flipster Receives VARA Operational Exchange License in Dubai

Flipster received a full operational Exchange license from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority through Flipster FZE. The license allows the platform to officially launch...