July 13, 2026 @ 2:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, a delegate from the Republic of Korea met with representatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission Crypto Task Force to better understand US policy initiatives in developing crypto asset regulations and how Korea could potentially align with the US as it advances new… Read More

July 13, 2026 @ 1:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, will convene a roundtable today in partnership with the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance to discuss the initial public offering (IPO) ecosystem. Entitled “Rethinking the Rulebook: Modernizing the IPO Process… Read More

July 13, 2026 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced additional sanctions, this time targeting ransomware and malware providers. According to OFAC, two individuals and one entity have been sanctioned for targeting Americans. These include First VPN Service (1VPNS), a virtual private network… Read More

July 13, 2026 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Cayman Finance says there are now over 31,000 registered funds, hitting a record high. According to the group, the total number of domiciled funds in the Cayman Islands increased by 547 in the first 6 months of 2026, hitting 31.145. This includes 18,132 private funds… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published its Regulatory Agenda for the coming year, marking a significant shift from the previous administration. During the Biden presidency, former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler placed much of the focus on political ambitions like ESG, such as climate disclosure…. Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act remains in legislative purgatory as elected officials haggle over the bill’s language. The crypto market infrastructure framework will determine the trajectory of the US market and could fuel digital asset innovation and US dominance in this sector of  Fintech. Yet an updated… Read More

July 10, 2026 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE:CRCL) has shared that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted final approval to operate the First National Digital Currency Bank. The bank is a national trust entity. Circle submitted an application to the OCC on June 30,… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The CLARITY Act, crypto market infrastructure legislation, was approved in the US House of Representatives a year ago in July of 2025. Today, the vital legislation is mired in discussion in the US Senate as traditional finance, crypto detractors and industry supporters battle to create… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Global firm Swift says its blockchain based payments and transfers network is ready to go while announcing 17 banks* have signed up to help pilot the service. Swift states that it will now support 24/7 payments with tokenized deposits. The banks using the service are… Read More

July 9, 2026 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle Ventures, part of stablecoin issuer Circle (NYSE:CRCL) has invested in Elliptic, a prominent digital asset intelligence firm. The terms of the investment were not immediately available. According to a public statement, Elliptic has joined Circle’s Agentic Design Partner Program, an initiative to shape compliance… Read More

July 8, 2026 @ 4:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Digital Innovation and Regulation Initiative (C:>DIR) will host was is described as the “first of its kind” Agentic Regulator hackathon. While the financial industry is quite keen on Fintech and artificial intelligence (AI) to support its services and drive efficiency, the regulatory side… Read More

July 8, 2026 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

While there are various estimates in regard to how large the tokenization market of real world assets (RWAs) is growing it appears that June was a big month for the technology. Digital assets, or tokenized RWAs, represent the future of securities and more as issuance… Read More

July 8, 2026 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) will start live trading this Friday, July 10th. Based in Dallas, Texas, the TXSE represents a significant challenge to New York City which has long dominated global markets and is home both to the NYSE and Nasdaq. The City of… Read More

July 8, 2026 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

As MiCA rules go into effect as of July 1st, the usage of Euro stablecoins is on the rise. While Euro stablecoins is far smaller than the dollar-based stablecoin marketplace, Euro stablecoins have jumped by 128% so far this year or from $295.6 million to… Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securitize (NYSE:SECZ) listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange following the completion of a SPAC deal that made the company an early public company that focuses on tokenization. Securitize is a full stack tokenization platform including an ATS for secondary transactions. Major customer… Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Reg CF, the smallest securities exemption that supports investment crowdfunding, experienced a solid rebound in the month of June following a dismal first quarter and slow month of May. As was reported last month, Q1 2026 generated 485 closed offerings in Q1 202 d5, just… Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) filed an 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday that outlined the results of its planned sale of Bitcoin. Strategy is a Bitcoin proxy firm and the original DAT with a future directly tied to the price of Bitcoin. According to the… Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Global Equity Crowdfunding Alliance (GECA), an advocacy group based in the UK but working with global online capital formation platforms, says it has just launched the GECA AI Governance Task Force. Andy Field, GECA Steering Committee Lead, said there is a need for discussion… Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

BonkDAO, the manager of BONK memecoin ecosystem, have reported that approximately $20 million in value was drained from the network as a user gained sufficient token voting power to drive a transfer of funds to accounts they controlled. The exploit heightens concerns that smaller coins… Read More

July 6, 2026 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The digital asset industry expected the newest version of the CLARITY Act to drop this weekend but unfortunately it seems the legislation is still under construction. Meanwhile the Senate returns from the July 4th recess on July 13th with hope springing eternal that when the… Read More