The US Senate has delayed the long-awaited Crypto Market Structure Bill, pushing remaining consideration into early 2026. Lawmakers ran out of legislative time as inner disputes stalled consensus on key provisions. The delay prolongs regulatory uncertainty for crypto exchanges, issuers, and institutional traders working within the US. Why the Crypto Market Structure Bill Was Delayed…
The UK Treasury has set October 2027 as the date its full cryptoasset regime comes into drive. For the primary time, exchanges, custodians and different crypto intermediaries serving UK shoppers know they’ll want FCA authorisation underneath FSMA-style guidelines to maintain doing enterprise, fairly than simply a money-laundering registration and a danger warning. The response to…
The Depository Trust Company, the U.S. monetary market infrastructure supplier that clears and settles securities trades, mentioned the SEC has given it casual approval to transfer forward with a tokenization service for some belongings it already holds in custody, with out dealing with enforcement motion. The letter units situations for a time-limited rollout and ongoing…
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in federal jail on Thursday for orchestrating a $40 billion cryptocurrency fraud—a sentence notably lighter than the 25 years handed to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) final 12 months, regardless of Kwon’s fraud inflicting practically 4 occasions the monetary harm. The sentencing disparity highlights how…
The US Congress is nearer than ever to defining federal guidelines for digital property, but the query of whether or not stablecoins can provide yield has slowed the method greater than company turf battles or token classification. Notably, the House has already superior the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, outlining a path for sure tokens…
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) despatched a letter to Senate Banking Committee leaders warning that proposed modifications to the legislative framework would legitimize crypto markets whereas weakening investor protections, placing lecturers’ pension funds at better danger. The union argues this shift may expose pension funds to unsafe property and elevate the dangers of fraud…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched a digital property pilot program on December 8, allowing bitcoin, ether, and USDC as margin collateral in derivatives markets—a transfer trade leaders are calling a watershed second for crypto adoption. Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham announced the initiative alongside new steerage on tokenized collateral and the withdrawal…
The US fairness market is valued at roughly $68 trillion, but solely about $670 million of that worth at present exists on-chain in tokenized kind. The scale of that hole has turn out to be a focus for policymakers and market members as regulators sign a shift towards integrating blockchain-based settlement into the core of…
South Korean regulators are pushing strict no-fault legal responsibility guidelines on cryptocurrency exchanges, following a $28 million hacking incident at Upbit, the nation’s largest trade. The Financial Services Commission will embrace these measures in its subsequent laws for digital property. TradFi Regulation Applies As Current One Falls Short No-fault legal responsibility is a authorized precept…
Seven main Chinese monetary trade associations collectively issued a threat warning, marking essentially the most complete crypto crackdown for the reason that 2021 ban that drove all crypto exchanges in a foreign country. The associations cowl banking, securities, funds, futures, fee clearing, listed firms, and web finance. They acknowledged that every one crypto-related enterprise actions,…