Politics, Legal & Regulation

October 20, 2026 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether has pushed back against a recent Senate investigation that portrayed its USDT stablecoin as a major conduit for Iranian financial activity, arguing that the inquiry overlooked the company’s proactive compliance efforts and their measurable impact on reducing related transaction volumes. Last month, Democratic staff… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 2:00 pm By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON—The CFTC’s Innovation Task Force today released the agenda for the inaugural Frontier Forum on Super Intelligence.  Attendees will discuss how SI is being implemented on the frontier, the impact that SI and its proliferation will have on U.S. markets, and the Commission’s role in fostering responsible SI adoption and innovation

October 20, 2026 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thai immigration authorities have taken a 37-year-old Chinese national into custody in Bangkok following a multi-year search linked to an alleged transnational criminal operation. Officers from Immigration Division 3 located and detained the man, identified in Thai media reports as Wu Chaoshuai, at a luxury… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 9:07 am By Michael Wong  |  

Australia’s government has released draft legislation to introduce new tax reporting requirements for crypto asset transactions, seeking to improve transparency and strengthen the exchange of tax information involving digital assets. The proposed measures would incorporate the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Crypto-Asset Reporting… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Blockchain Association submitted a detailed 26-page comment letter on October 19, 2026, responding to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s proposed regulations implementing Section 3 of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. Section 3 establishes the core framework for… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 3:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a Toronto courtroom this month, a senior forensic accountant from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) laid out bank records showing that self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski directed roughly $16.3 million of the $36.3 million he collected from investors between 2020 and 2022 toward his own… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 1:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong police have recently documented more than 110 complaints of unauthorized credit card charges tied to pre-orders of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new foldable iPhone Duo. The reports began arriving after online reservations opened on Friday evening at 8 p.m., with the single largest transaction… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent nationwide survey reveals that a clear majority of US adults oppose the use of prediction markets for wagering on elections and other government-related events, even as these platforms expand rapidly and draw regulatory scrutiny. The research findings, from a Reuters/Ipsos poll, highlight bipartisan… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 5:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission will be hosting a roundtable on November 9th to discuss “super intelligence,” as President Trump has renamed artificial intelligence (AI). The gathering will discuss “machine‑understandable data and super intelligence (SI). The program will feature panel discussions exploring how market participants… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital bank Revolut has received formal authorization as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider in Gibraltar, marking a notable step in its strategy to expand cryptocurrency offerings beyond established UK and European markets. The permission, issued by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to the company’s newly formed… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A Seoul court has cleared a prominent South Korean cryptocurrency influencer of major fraud charges tied to two digital tokens that allegedly involved roughly 340 billion won in investor funds. On October 15, 2026, the 13th Criminal Division of the Seoul Southern District Court, led… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 4:52 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  The Mills Review That is why we commissioned the Mills Review, published in July, focused on how AI could reshape retail financial services by 2030. Some developments we anticipated are already emerging, including the transition towards agentic finance,… Read More

October 19, 2026 @ 1:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Union formally signed the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism—commonly known as the Warsaw Convention—during a ceremony in Strasbourg. Joining the EU as initial… Read More

October 18, 2026 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France has recorded a sharp and sustained increase in violent crimes linked to cryptocurrency holdings, with official figures showing 90 cases of kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threats, and violent theft between 1 January and mid-August 2026—roughly one incident every two and a half days. Authorities also… Read More

October 18, 2026 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anthropic, the developer of the Claude series of models, has been privately circulating a draft bill to lawmakers on Capitol Hill that would establish federal rules for frontier AI systems. According to reporting by Politico, which obtained the confidential proposal and spoke with three people… Read More

October 18, 2026 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has officially confirmed that Richard James Schueler, the U.S. citizen widely known as Richard Heart and the founder of the Hex and PulseChain cryptocurrency projects, was taken into custody in Istanbul. The detention took place on October 14, 2026, during… Read More

October 18, 2026 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Toronto police have charged seven men, including three members of the Canadian Armed Forces reserves, in connection with a July abduction in which a cryptocurrency exchange owner was forcibly taken in an attempt to seize control of his digital assets. The incident unfolded on July… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 6:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brooklyn prosecutors have dismantled the core online infrastructure of a far-reaching cryptocurrency investment fraud that preyed on Russian-speaking residents of the United States, with a disproportionate number of victims in Brooklyn itself. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez disclosed on October 14, 2026, that his office’s Virtual… Read More

October 17, 2026 @ 12:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An early backer of the self-custody infrastructure project Safe has asked Switzerland’s foundation supervisor to examine the board of the entity that oversees the ecosystem, after private talks failed to produce the governance changes it sought. Greenfield Capital said this week that it submitted a… Read More

October 16, 2026 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) will review Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and modernize initial public offerings (IPOs).  Under the leadership of Chairman Paul Atkins, the Commission has long expressed its intent to adhere to its mission of… Read More