Regulation
The SEC, the courts and the rules reshaping how money moves and who gets to move it.
New York's AG secured up to $35M from ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, conditioned on forfeiture and his 12-year prison sentence, plus a lifetime industry ban.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US could seize $1B more in Iran-linked crypto this week, but his earlier May claim of $1B was later revised to $500M.
France's Finance Committee backed a stablecoin swap tax and a crypto exit tax above €800,000, then rejected the 2027 budget's revenue section 31-3.
Sen. Blumenthal gave Cantor Fitzgerald until Oct. 23, 2026 to disclose its Tether ties, citing a $10 billion stake estimate and Iran-linked USDT findings.
OFAC labeled Russia's A7 Network a criminal organization Oct. 1 after its A7A5 ruble token processed $179.1 billion. Here's what the numbers mean.
ICBA sued the OCC on Oct. 2, 2026, over 21 national trust charters issued to crypto firms since Dec. 2025, alleging the agency exceeded its legal authority.
Circle told the European Commission that MiCA's 30%-60% bank-deposit mandate for USDC and EURC reserves adds banking risk, siding with the ECB's own request.
SEC staff said Sept. 25 that token buybacks on functional networks don't make a token a security, as crypto buybacks hit a record $638 million in 2026.
A CFTC civil complaint alleges Cash FX Group and its CEO raised $950M from over 400,000 accounts worldwide, and investors lost at least $406 million.
US prosecutors want to keep $84.2 million seized from Montana firm Capstone Ltd. and EQIBank, payment processors accused of moving money for Tether.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs Oct. 2, 2026, leaving only two sitting commissioners with no successor yet named for her crypto-focused SEC seat.
The Federal Reserve's Sept. 24, 2026 GENIUS Act proposal requires banks to back stablecoins 1:1 and hold up to 2% capital, open for 60 days of comment.
Ex-acting SEC Chair Mark Uyeda says the agency dropped at least a dozen crypto cases in 2025 to protect its credibility, not on the legal merits of the claims.
EBA's Sept. 24, 2026 filing urges MiCA to cover crypto lending and DeFi access in 16+ EU states; no rule changes yet.
EU regulators flagged quantum computing as a blockchain risk on Sept. 23, 2026, months after Ethereum's post-quantum hub drew in over 10 client teams.
The ECB and all 27 EU national central banks filed a 57-page response on Sept. 22, 2026, urging Brussels to ban stablecoin yield from lending and staking too.
US prosecutors probe whether Binance knowingly allowed Iran-linked trades; a separate SDNY filing seeks $61M tied to Iranian oil.
OFAC designated Tehran exchange BitBank and four other targets on Sept 17, 2026, over bitcoin sent to the IRGC and Hormuz passage fees of $1m-$2m per tanker.
House Financial Services advanced H.R. 8957 by 28-21 on Sept. 16, 2026, locking federal Bitcoin for 20 years and cutting proof-of-reserve reports to annual.
The SEC's Innovation Exemption gives tokenized securities venues five years of conditional relief from exchange registration, effective Sept. 17, 2026.
