Politics, Legal & Regulation

August 9, 2026 @ 5:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, one of the global cryptocurrency platforms, has taken significant legal steps against entities linked to a major digital asset heist. On August 7, 2026, the exchange announced a civil lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The defendants include… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise blockchain firm Ripple has recently indicated that its long-running push into the European cryptocurrency sector is poised to advance significantly now that it has cleared a major regulatory hurdle under the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework. In early August 2026, the company outlined how securing… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the crypto industry is disappointed that the Senate was unable to advance crypto infrastructure legislation in August, the CLARITY Act, Senator John Thune, Majority Leader, has filed cloture on the motion to proceed to HR 3633, or the CLARITY Act. Thune has indicated that… Read More

August 9, 2026 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a formal reminder to regulated prediction market platforms, instructing them against presenting event contract prices in the manner of traditional American-style moneyline gambling odds. This guidance comes as the agency continues to defend its oversight of these… Read More

August 8, 2026 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed fresh restrictions on two digital asset platforms linked to Iranian activity. The measures, announced on August 7, 2026, form part of the broader “Economic Fury” initiative designed to intensify economic… Read More

August 8, 2026 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Union is advancing a formal review of its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), with particular attention directed toward rules governing stablecoins issued outside the bloc. Officials view the exercise as necessary to close gaps that have become more visible since the framework entered… Read More

August 8, 2026 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is advancing plans to create an independent organization dedicated to developing and applying uniform benchmarks for third-party vendors that supply services to banks. Working alongside banking and financial technology industry groups, the agency aims to establish a body that… Read More

August 8, 2026 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strategy’s (NASDAQ:MSTR) Michael Saylor asserts Bitcoin can progress independently as the U.S. Senate postpones a vote on the CLARITY Act. Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc., the publicly traded company formerly known as MicroStrategy and the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has drawn a… Read More

August 7, 2026 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled a roundtable for next month that will discuss 24 hour trading for US equity markets. The roundtable will address challenges and opportunities for an updated approach in markets that are largely automated. While the SEC will discuss,… Read More

August 7, 2026 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Hope springs eternal. Yesterday, Senate leadership decided they did not have sufficient support to hold a floor vote on the CLARITY Act, key crypto market infrastructure legislation that aims to protect consumers while enabling digital asset innovation. The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) expressed their… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 4:43 pm By Press Release  |  

This post was originally published on OCC.gov Local banks on the front lines of economic and national securityOCC acts to eliminate risks posed by extending financial services to illegal aliens WASHINGTON—Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould today… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

GUARDD, founded by Sherwood Neiss who is also the co-founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) and one of the authors of the JOBS Act which approved online capital formation, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss secondary trading of tokenized exempt… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has added a new Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit to its Division of Enforcement that is described as working across the agency to make certain all divisions are aligned in enforcing securities laws and the SEC’s goals. Accounting and forensic… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally approved legislation creating the nation’s first comprehensive rules governing the circulation of digital currencies and digital rights. The measure, signed on August 4, 2026, establishes clear operational standards for a range of market participants, including cryptocurrency exchanges, digital asset… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tribal gaming regulators and members of Congress are pressing for specific language in the pending CLARITY Act to prevent prediction markets from offering sports and casino-style contracts outside existing state and tribal oversight. The call came during a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs roundtable held… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three men from St. Louis, Missouri, are facing federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to seize Bitcoin through a planned residential break-in in Connecticut nearly two years earlier. US Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut announced that Sedric Louis, 32,… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate is scheduled to go into recess at the end of business this Friday, leaving only a couple of days for the CLARITY Act to reach a floor vote. While a growing number of Americans hold crypto and there is an obvious need to… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the US Senate approaches its summer recess, attention remains fixed on the fate of the CLARITY Act, a major piece of digital asset market structure legislation. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has offered a measured perspective: while passage would represent the ideal outcome… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Candidates supported by the cryptocurrency industry’s political action committee network advanced through key party primaries in Michigan and Washington on Tuesday, according to results reported by the Associated Press. Affiliates of Fairshake provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in independent expenditures to several of the… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 3, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had filed and settled charges against UBS Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:UBS), a registered futures commission merchant. The action centered on the firm’s failure to properly oversee the setup and functioning of systems used… Read More