Regulation

U.S. Housing Bill Adds a CBDC Restriction

A U.S. housing law now includes a temporary restriction on central bank digital currency issuance. The text says the Federal Reserve Board or a Federal Reserve bank may not issue...

Empery Digital Sells Part of Its Bitcoin Treasury

Empery Digital disclosed in an SEC filing that it sold 1,400 BTC since May 7, 2026 at an average price of $62,200, raising about $87.1 million in gross proceeds. The company said...

Circle Gets a Federal Trust Bank Approval

Circle has received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish First National Digital Currency Bank, N.A., operating as Circle National...

Hong Kong Pushes Crypto Platforms Beyond OTP Logins

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has told licensed corporations and SFC licensed virtual asset service providers to stop using one time passwords for client login and...

Europe Opens the Door to a MiCA Update

The European Commission is collecting public and targeted feedback on the review of MiCA, with both consultations open until 31 August 2026. The review asks whether the EU’s crypto...

FCA signals regulatory rethink as agentic AI meets tokenized money

The UK Financial Conduct Authority published a wide ranging review outlining how autonomous, decision‑making AI agents could transform retail financial services and increase demand...

US Wallets Lead Polymarket Political Bets Despite the Ban

Onchain analytics firm Allium reports that wallets linked to the United States moved $571 million through Polymarket political markets over the past year, the highest of any...

GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules: The 15-Day Countdown

Six US federal agencies the OCC, FDIC, NCUA, Treasury, FinCEN, and OFAC have roughly 15 days to publish final GENIUS Act stablecoin rules ahead of the July 18, 2026 statutory...

Virginia Unclaimed-Crypto Law Takes Effect - and It Won't Sell Your Tokens

Virginia's House Bill 798, signed by Governor Abigail Spanberger in April, took effect July 1. The statute treats cryptocurrency held in inactive customer accounts no activity for...

💥An Active Crypto ETF Shows Institutional Access Is Getting Broader

Phemex Market Daily reported on June 15 that the SEC approved the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF with exposure to multiple digital assets, including BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, DOGE and...

SEC May Open the Tokenization Path, But Exemptions Are Weaker Than Full Rules

CoinDesk analyzed an important tokenization issue: if the SEC uses exemptions to accelerate tokenized securities, the market may get a faster start, but not the same durability as...

Paxos Receives SEC Clearing Agency Registration: Blockchain Enters the Core of U.S. Capital Markets