Regulations

Brazil will require regulated financial institutions to report large crypto transfers involving self-custody wallets from Oct. 1.Under Resolution BCB 588, institutions authorized by the Banco Central do Brasil must notify the Financial…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2409 on Sept. 27, setting two restrictions on political meme coins. Covered California public officers and certain government employees will be barred from issuing them. Digital asset service providers…

An ETH holder can sell a liquid-staking token while the ETH behind it remains staked. A Sept. 25 SEC staff FAQ draws a conditional distinction between receipts that evidence ownership and protocol-issued tokens. Coinbase and Lido…

Buying a tokenized stock sounds as though it should be simple. You pick a company you know, buy a token representing its shares, and hold it in a digital wallet. The appeal is familiar stock investing with some of the convenience of crypto,…

Crypto projects spent about $638 million with token buybacks through late August 2026, according to Allium Labs data.That is already a record, up from $545 million over the same stretch of 2025. Hyperliquid accounted for roughly $370…

The Federal Reserve's proposed rules for the payment stablecoin issuers it supervises include a crisis clock measured in hours. An issuer whose reserves fall below the value of its outstanding tokens would have 24 hours to notify the Fed…

The Sixth Circuit ruled Sept. 25 that Ohio and Tennessee can apply their gambling laws to Kalshi's sports contracts.The court rejected Kalshi's argument that complying state by state would conflict with its duties as a federally regulated…

The European Banking Authority has asked the European Commission to examine new MiCA rules for crypto firms that connect customers to DeFi loans.Its September 24 response calls for a cost-benefit analysis of possible duties for…

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce wants financial firms to stop stockpiling customer data after breaches exposed the cost of mandatory identity collection.This week, the SEC Commissioner called for wider…

A clear video can settle whether a public figure said a particular word. It cannot show who knew the script beforehand or whether the speaker chose a word to affect a bet. That gap is at the center of a Sept. 22 advisory on speech markets…