Politics, Legal & Regulation

October 1, 2026 @ 4:00 pm By Press Release  |  

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October 1, 2026 @ 3:59 pm By Press Release  |  

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October 1, 2026 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

A few months ago, Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) submitted a petition to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase the Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding] funding cap from $5 million to $20 million. In general, industry insiders support the move, viewing it as more closely… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 1:00 pm By Press Release  |  

This post was originally published on OCC.gov WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of September 1, 2026, through September 30, 2026. Under the CRA, the… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

This week the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a new “Crypto Gateway“ for firms to register to provide crypto services in the country. A grace period applies: firms must apply by February 28, 2027, to provide services, with the new regime coming into force… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

The Payments Association in the UK advocates for the payments and transfer sectors, including crypto participants. Today, the Payments Association says it has acquired its European counterpart, the Payments Association – EU (TPA-EU). Any monetary considerations were not revealed. Together, the two entities will now… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 9:06 am By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division and Division of Market Oversight announced today they are extending temporary no-action positions in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, known as Brexit. [See CFTC Staff Letter No. 26-28]On February 25, 2019, the CFTC

October 1, 2026 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin rewards, or yield, are a contentious topic in the US and Europe. In the US, the battle is ongoing, but so far the legacy banking sector has the edge, as direct yield has been banned. The GENIUS Act, the US stablecoin law, bars permitted… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 5:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Corporate Finance, quietly updated the crypto assets FAQs. The SEC first posted this staff guide on September 25, 2026. On September 28th, the SEC updated the guidance to clarify when a digital asset is tied to the… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 3:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investors who lost money in a long-running fake cryptocurrency scheme have taken a meaningful step toward partial reimbursement after a London court issued confiscation orders against the two men already serving prison sentences for the crime. Southwark Crown Court directed Raymondip Bedi to pay £603,404.28… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 2:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s competition regulator has raised formal concerns that The Brink’s Company’s planned takeover of NCR Atleos could reduce rivalry in parts of the UK cash-machine market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the $6.6 billion cash-and-stock transaction may be expected to result in a… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 12:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is studying whether a formal market-maker regime should be written into the country’s next digital asset law after a yen-linked token listed on Upbit briefly traded at several times the value it is meant to hold. The catalyst was… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused four overseas-linked entities of running two overlapping “investment confidence” schemes that used WhatsApp, social media, and fake regulatory credentials to take more than $15 million from retail investors. On September 29, 2026, the agency filed two… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 5:09 pm By Press Release  |  

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September 30, 2026 @ 2:10 pm By Press Release  |  

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September 30, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have opened a civil forfeiture case aimed at recovering digital assets they say are connected to a 2023 account takeover that drained 33.7 bitcoin from a single Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) login. According to court papers, a beneficiary of a Massachusetts family trust… Read More