TL;DR U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iranian digital asset exchange BitBank. OFAC says the platform was part of a network tied to sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani. Treasury alleges the infrastructure helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin connected to the IRGC. The U.S. Treasury has targeted another part of Iran’s crypto infrastructure, this time…
TL;DR The SEC has granted temporary exemptions allowing certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on qualifying on-chain venues. The relief lasts five years after publication. Venues still face conditions around investor rights, smart contracts, trading halts and disclosures. The SEC has taken one of its clearest steps yet toward bringing public-company shares on-chain. The Commission…
TL;DR The FCA’s application window for Britain’s new crypto regime opens September 30. Applications in the main window can be submitted until February 28, 2027. The new regulatory regime itself starts October 25, 2027. Crypto firms operating in the UK are getting close to a date that matters a lot more than another consultation paper.…
TL;DR A new CFTC crypto rulemaking has entered White House regulatory review. The filing covers “Crypto Asset Transactions” and “Crypto Asset Markets.” It is still at the pre-rule stage, so nothing has taken effect yet. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has moved a new crypto rulemaking into White House review, giving the market its clearest…
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is weighing a temporary moratorium on new Operator of Payment Systems licenses as part of a wider push to strengthen compliance standards around payment operators and virtual asset service providers. The policy update targets licensing and oversight. It should not be treated as a ban on crypto trading in the Philippines,…
The European Central Bank has released a progress report on the digital euro preparation phase, outlining work on offline functionality, privacy mechanisms, and holding limits. The update keeps Europe’s central bank digital currency project moving, but it does not amount to final political approval for issuance. That distinction is essential. The ECB can study, design,…
The CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Risk has issued a staff advisory on how registered derivatives clearing organizations should handle tokenized collateral, including tokenized U.S. Treasuries used as margin. The advisory is a narrow but important signal. It does not approve tokenized collateral for every market. It does not mean all clearinghouses can suddenly accept…
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has issued updated staff guidance on public reporting expectations for digital asset depositories and crypto custody arrangements. The guidance centers on how public companies disclose balance sheet treatment and risk factors when they hold crypto assets on behalf of third-party customers. That makes it important for custodians, exchanges, digital…
Belgian federal police have targeted crypto wallets linked to offshore piracy platforms in a cross-border enforcement action, according to an official government release. The action highlights how digital asset wallets continue to appear in law-enforcement investigations beyond the usual exchange, fraud, and darknet narratives. In this case, the focus is limited to wallets allegedly connected…
The CFTC has issued regulatory enforcement guidance for event contract derivatives, sharpening the lines around prediction markets at a time when event-based trading is moving deeper into the financial mainstream. The guidance matters because event contracts sit in an awkward space. They can look like derivatives, prediction markets, betting products, information markets, or political-risk tools…