Michael Selig, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is set to face a full Senate affirmation vote as early as “this afternoon” following a 12-11 party-line committee approval final month. The vote comes at a pivotal second for U.S. crypto regulation, with the CFTC poised to assume sweeping new authority…
Poland’s authorities adopted an unchanged model of its controversial crypto-asset market invoice on Tuesday, escalating a bitter standoff with President Karol Nawrocki after lawmakers failed to override his veto last week. According to local reports, Prime Minister Donald Tusk framed the laws as a matter of nationwide safety, citing greater than 100 entities in Poland’s…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has given a key inexperienced gentle to the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) push into blockchain-based markets. Key Takeaways: The SEC granted DTC a uncommon no-action letter, clearing the way in which for tokenizing main US market belongings. The tokenization service will launch in late 2026 and run…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has formally scrapped its 2020 “precise supply” steering for Bitcoin and different digital currencies and set the stage for a broader shift in how the company oversees crypto markets. Acting Chair Caroline Pham announced the withdrawal on December 11, calling the previous framework outdated and inconsistent with the market’s…
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has released preliminary findings from a sweeping overview into debanking practices on the nation’s 9 largest nationwide banks, revealing that every one of them imposed “inappropriate” restrictions on lawful companies, together with corporations working within the digital-asset sector. The overview, ordered underneath President Donald Trump’s Executive…
Japan is making ready its most sweeping overhaul of crypto oversight in nearly a decade, setting the stage for a system that will deal with digital property much more like conventional funding merchandise. The transfer follows months of presidency deliberations and a collection of regulatory proposals which have emerged steadily throughout 2024 and 2025. Together,…
Talks over how the United States ought to tax digital property are transferring into a brand new section, as Rep. Max Miller, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, told attendees on the Blockchain Association’s coverage summit on Tuesday that he believes the invoice can transfer earlier than the August 2026 recess. He…
The American Federation of Teachers is urging Senate leaders to halt work on the chamber’s crypto market construction invoice, warning that the proposal may expose public-sector pensions to unsafe property and strip protections which have lengthy ruled conventional securities. In a letter sent Monday to Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott and Ranking Member Elizabeth…
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined peer-to-peer crypto market Paxful $3.5 million. Key Takeaways: FinCEN fined Paxful $3.5M for willfully enabling over $500M in suspicious crypto transfers. Regulators mentioned Paxful ignored fundamental AML guidelines, together with MSB registration and SAR filings. Paxful later shut down amid regulatory stress, workers losses, and…
Senator Cynthia Lummis stated she desires the Senate Banking Committee to maneuver forward with a markup of the long-delayed crypto market construction invoice as early as subsequent week, exhibiting that negotiations in Washington have reached one other stress level. Speaking on the Blockchain Association Policy Summit on Tuesday, Lummis said she hoped the Responsible Financial…