Regulations

The European Securities and Markets Authority wants to extend Europe’s restrictions on non-compliant stablecoins beyond trading to the services that let customers keep and move them. If adopted as proposed, the change would remove the…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed crypto custody fallback could broaden investment choices while making them easier for larger advisers to offer.The agency’s economic analysis says the expense of safeguarding assets and…

The US sanctioned the Russia-linked A7 Network and proposed new restrictions to cut its crypto intermediaries off from global markets.On Oct. 1, the Treasury Department designated A7 as a significant transnational criminal organization,…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a custody framework on Oct. 1 that would let investment advisers and regulated funds hold crypto under rules written for it.It is the latest of nine agency actions since Aug. 18 that…

The Financial Conduct Authority opened its authorization gateway for the new UK crypto rules on Sept. 30, starting an application window that can protect existing Bitcoin providers' ability to keep serving UK customers and take new business…

Treasury's Sept. 30 rule lets states preserve a path toward stablecoin-regime approval while their rules remain unfinished, by filing an initial certification on time and completing the work before substantive review.The interim final rule…

UK crypto firms can now apply for authorization as of Sept. 30, bringing Bitcoin holders closer to a rulebook that will treat coins pledged as qualifying borrowing collateral differently from coins transferred into lending for yield. The…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission tightened its guidance for crypto token buybacks just three days after publishing it.On Sept. 25, SEC staff said a token issuer could announce a buyback without that announcement being treated as a…

Coinbase, the largest US-based crypto exchange, has secured Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approval for its own derivatives clearinghouse, completing a vertically integrated US trading stack.On Sept. 28, the CFTC registered…

The Federal Reserve's stablecoin proposal would put a general two-business-day limit on redemption by issuers it supervises.For a customer holding stablecoins at an exchange, the first step is getting that venue to release or convert the…