Regulations

The U.S. House of Representatives has designated the week starting July 14 as “Crypto Week,” as lawmakers consider three landmark bills: the CLARITY Act, the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, and the Senate’s GENIUS Act, in a…

Turkish financial regulators have blocked access to decentralized exchange PancakeSwap and 45 other crypto-related websites as part of a broader crackdown on unauthorized digital asset services.In a July 3 bulletin, the Capital Markets…

Over 70% of US crypto investors approve of President Donald Trump’s administration’s approach to crypto policy, according to a recent survey conducted by research firm HarrisX. HarrisX polled 1,096 adults online from June 18 to June 19,…

Hong Kong’s stablecoin licensing regime is set to go live on August 1, a move confirmed by Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui.Speaking at the Hong Kong Digital Finance Awards on July 3, Hui stated the…

Senator Cynthia Lummis filed a bill on July 3 that rewrites multiple sections of the Internal Revenue Code to govern how crypto users calculate, defer, and report taxable income.The measure inserts statutory definitions for “digital…

Grayscale’s conversion of its Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) into an exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been frozen by a stay order, despite receiving approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 1.Bloomberg ETF analyst…

Ripple applied for a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on July 2, CEO Brad Garlinghouse wrote in a post on X. The filing would place Ripple USD (RLUSD) under federal supervision while…

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposed law establishing a state-run Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund.On July 1, Governor Hobbs informed House Speaker Steve Montenegro in a letter that she opposed House Bill 2324, which…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with US exchanges on a generic listing framework for token-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could eliminate the need for issuers to file individual rule-change requests, Fox…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the proposal to convert the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund into an exchange-traded fund (ETF), completing the conversion of the crypto index product into an ETF structure. …