Politics, Legal & Regulation

September 2, 2026 @ 12:04 pm By Press Release  |  

CFTC Issues Final Rule to Modify Clearing Requirement for Canadian Dollar- and Mexican Peso-Denominated Interest Rate Swaps | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9292-26 Skip to main content September 02, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a final rule to modify its interest rate swap clearing requirement. The final rule

September 2, 2026 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore’s central bank has taken a further step toward turning its long-planned stablecoin regime into law. On 1 September 2026 the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published a consultation on proposed changes to the Payment Services Act 2019. The package would give legal force to… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed the first real update of its transfer-agent rules since the late 1970s and early 1980s. The move would facilitate new rules that enable tokenized assets and blockchain technology. Transfer agents are regulated entities that perform an important… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Payward (Kraken’s parent company) announced a partnership today to begin tokenizing shares, with more digital asset innovation in the pipeline. Indicating its interest in pursuing tokenization or digital securities, the LSE stated: “The London Stock Exchange is assessing a… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 10:00 am 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 August 1, 2026, through August 31, 2026. Under the CRA, the… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vietnam is reportedly building a supervised market for tokenized real-world assets, treating blockchain not as a speculative venue but as a new channel for raising capital against tangible economic activity. The core legal instrument is Government Resolution 05/2025/NQ-CP, signed on 9 September 2025. It launched… Read More

September 1, 2026 @ 4:57 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  As students return to college and university this month, the FCA is urging young adults and parents to check whether they have a forgotten Child Trust Fund waiting to be claimed – potentially worth thousands of pounds. Figures… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On-chain records show that potentially taxable cryptocurrency activity worldwide exceeded $457 billion in 2025, according to analysis from Chainalysis. The United States accounted for the single largest national total, about $112.6 billion. Significant volumes appeared in every other country examined as well. The figures combine… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 2:54 pm By Press Release  |  

CFTC Further Extends Compliance Date for Amendments to Form PF | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9290-26 Skip to main content August 31, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today published a Joint Final Rule with the Securities and Exchange Commission further extending the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF that were

August 31, 2026 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s tax authority has published its first standalone snapshot of declared cryptoasset profits, and the picture is highly concentrated. In the 2024–25 tax year, 240 people told HM Revenue and Customs they had made more than £1 million each in capital gains from digital… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 10:00 am By Press Release  |  

This post was originally published on OCC.gov WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released its schedule of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluations to be conducted in the fourth quarter of 2026 and the first quarter of 2027. The OCC encourages public… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission says the following platforms now fall under the Digital Securities Act (DSA). According to an EU statement, ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox now qualify as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) or Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) because they have topped 45 million… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Belgium has stepped up its campaign against online copyright infringement by asking European domain registrars and at least one registry to turn over extensive records on people believed to be running pirate sites. The requests go far beyond typical website blocking. Officials want names, contact… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 12:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK government has moved to give the Bank of England a new formal duty to foster innovation in payment systems and new types of digital money, while keeping financial stability as its overriding priority. Announced on 27 August 2026, the change is intended to… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 10:56 am By Michael Wong  |  

The United Arab Emirates’ Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has granted Starlink Satellite Communications LLC a 10-year General Space Services License, allowing the company to establish and operate a public satellite communications network in the country. The license authorizes Starlink to operate and… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 2:20 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and The South East Asian Central Banks Research and Training Centre (SEACEN Centre) held their fourth Financial Leadership Training Program in Hong Kong from Aug. 25 to… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 1:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A federal appeals panel has given Nevada a significant win in its clash with prediction market operator Kalshi, holding that sports-event contracts listed on the company’s exchange are not “swaps” under federal commodities law and therefore are not shielded from state gaming rules. On August… Read More

August 29, 2026 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has asked the Speaker of the Sejm to schedule another vote on President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of the crypto-assets market law, arguing that the Zondacrypto affair has made further delay politically and practically indefensible. Tusk made the request on Friday… Read More

August 28, 2026 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that it has found large-scale abuse in the investment advisor sector and filed complaints against 38 entities. At the same time, the SEC thanked the Federal  Bureau of Investigation’s Operation Level Up, a project launched to protect… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Department of the Treasury has created a new public-private group to help banks, payment systems, market operators, and technology vendors prepare for a future in which quantum computers could undermine today’s encryption. Announced on August 24, 2026, the Quantum-Readiness Task Force follows President… Read More