Regulations

Swiss financial regulator FINMA has approved the first retail exchange-traded fund under Swiss law to invest directly in Bitcoin, granting a diversification exemption that allows concentrated exposure while keeping custody and sales…

Kazakhstan’s Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) said on Oct. 20 that it plans to send court orders to Apple and Google to restrict access to six crypto platforms, including Coinbase.The move targets app distribution as part of the…

The US government ordered federal agencies to remove DeepSeek technology and extended restrictions to third-party products built using its AI models.On Oct. 20, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the directive, requiring…

BlackRock filed with the SEC on Oct. 19 for the iShares Bitcoin Managed Protection ETF (PBIT), a fund that would hold options and fixed-income securities and gain Bitcoin exposure through derivatives.The preliminary prospectus excludes…

The SEC approved rules allowing options exchange Cboe to list binary options on Coinbase trading volume and Bitcoin miner MARA's production. Once those contracts have expired and settled, a later correction to the company's reported figure…

Prediction markets want you to see them (and use them) as one of the best possible instruments for finding out what’s happening in the world.Open any election market, and you’re immediately given a probability that shifts in real time as…

On Dec. 18, 2020, with Christmas a week away and Donald Trump preparing to leave the White House, Steven Mnuchin's Treasury Department announced a plan that would require crypto exchanges and other financial institutions to collect more…

South Korea's Financial Services Commission has named crypto businesses Streami and Pravang among 16 financial companies hit by recent data breaches, alongside major banks.The FSC's October 14 disclosure lists the two virtual asset…

President Donald Trump's crypto agenda has lost a White House negotiator as Patrick Witt confirms his departure and the administration's flagship digital-asset legislation remains stalled in Congress.On Oct. 15, Patrick Witt, executive…

Australia's securities regulator proposed tougher operating standards for cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians ahead of a new licensing regime next year.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a consultation…