Politics, Legal & Regulation

February 3, 2026 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency sector continues to mature, blending innovation with heightened scrutiny. As we enter 2026, significant developments shared by Elliptic underscore this evolution: the rapid merging of digital assets with traditional finance (TradFi), and fresh sanctions targeting exchanges involved in illicit activities. According to the… Read More

February 2, 2026 @ 7:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The American Bankers Association (ABA) has issued a statement on today’s White House Crypto meeting, which brought together crypto and legacy banking representatives in an attempt to reanimate crypto market infrastructure legislation. While crypto firms quickly issued positive statements regarding the gathering, the ABA appears… Read More

February 2, 2026 @ 5:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

As previously reported, the White House crypto team met today with representatives from the banking industry and digital asset industry. The rapid-response gathering came about after some crypto insiders stated they could not support the Crypto Market Infrastructure legislation scheduled for a markup hearing before… Read More

February 2, 2026 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood Neiss, founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), has submitted a statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) advocating for improvements to secondary markets for crowdfunded securities. At the same time, Neiss has sent a letter to the House Committee on Financial Services,… Read More

February 2, 2026 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Moderates and Republicans frequently lament California’s decline. While the state has wonderful beaches, mountains, great weather, and a robust innovation ecosystem, the politics have been a disaster for many years. High taxes, dilapidated infrastructure, and numerous allegations of government-backed fraud have helped make the Golden… Read More

February 2, 2026 @ 12:39 am By Michael Wong  |  

For six days ahead of Bangladesh’s national election, the country’s most common political “campaign tool” may not be a rally or a poster, but a throttled digital wallet. Bangladesh Bank is preparing to cap mobile financial service (MFS) transfers at 10,000 taka (about $82) per… Read More

February 1, 2026 @ 6:03 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The European Commission has stepped up enforcement of its crypto-asset regulatory framework, opening infringement procedures against 13 member states over failures to implement or comply with new European Union rules governing crypto-asset taxation and markets. In its latest package of infringement decisions, the European Commission… Read More

January 31, 2026 @ 11:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent move to curb sanctions evasion, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two cryptocurrency exchanges registered in the United Kingdom for their ties to Iran’s financial system and support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 2:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 had some interesting thoughts on the importance of the Saudis, tokenization, the CLARITY Act, cryptocurrency, and precious metals. Precious metals vs. Bitcoin “This morning, investors are reckoning with a new reality as gold hits $5,000 for the first time in history, while silver has… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kevin Warsh was selected by President Donald Trump to become the next US Federal Reserve Chairman. As current Chair, Jerome Powell, is slated to exit the leadership role next May, Warsh should soon be guiding Monetary policy for the US. Market commentary has largely welcomed… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the US Federal Reserve decided to hold rates steady as was widely anticipated by markets. The vote saw two dissenters, Christopher Waller and Stephen Miran, who both preferred a 25 bps reduction. Today, Waller issued a statement explaining why cutting rates made… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Kevin Warsh, a former US Federal Reserve Governor and currently a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has been selected by President Trump to become the next Fed Chair. Warsh received his BA at Stanford and earned his JD from Harvard Law… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Saxo Bank, a Danish bank focused on online trading and investment with more than €115 billion in client assets, has been penalized by the Danish authorities regarding claims of money laundering violations. The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority has assessed a fine of DKK 313,000,000 or… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 1:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill and House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson have joined in welcoming the Senate Committee on Agriculture’s approval of crypto market legislation. The Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act advanced out of Committee earlier today. Representative Hill stated: “Last July,… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act, crypto market infrastructure legislation, advanced out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry today. Chairman of the Committee, John Boozman, called the approval a critical step towards providing clarity in the digital asset ecosystem. “Advancing this bill brings us… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Netherlands is poised to approve a change to the income tax that will impose a 36% tax on unrealized gains, as it seeks to boost revenue to fund government activities. Of course, confiscatory taxes have never worked anywhere and will likely have the opposite… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

It is a fact that we exist in a world of limited resources. Taxes paid to the government reduce disposable income for individuals and available funds for investment. Private activity, including innovation and entrepreneurship, gets crowded out when more funds go to the government. This… Read More

January 29, 2026 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

A White House meeting has been scheduled for next week to break the logjam on crypto market infrastructure legislation. It has been widely reported that several crypto firms have withdrawn their endorsement of the bill amid aggressive lobbying by traditional banks, which fear emerging competition…. Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 11:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

BizBuySell, a business-for-sale marketplace, has partnered with LoanBud, a financial technology platform focused on modernizing access to Small Business Administration (SBA) financing. Together, the companies hope to bring better financing clarity earlier into the transaction process. Business listings on BizBuySell can now be prequalified for… Read More

January 28, 2026 @ 8:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenization, tokenized securities, or digital securities are the future. This much is clear. But questions remain as regulators and industry participants work through the new process of issuing, managing, and trading securities using blockchain technology. Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement… Read More