Legislation and rulemaking, SEC/CFTC and global regulators, enforcement actions and court rulings, central banks and CBDCs, tax and licensing regimes.
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The SEC sent its crypto custody rule overhaul to the White House for OIRA review on Aug. 25, a procedural step toward letting advisers and funds hold digital assets under updated rules while the CLARITY Act idles in the Senate.
A federal judge pushed Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's retrial to April 2027, leaving his acquittal motion undecided and extending legal uncertainty for crypto-privacy tool developers.
Thirty-nine state banking associations, led by the Texas Bankers Association, are building a permissioned, industry-governed blockchain for stablecoins, tokenized deposits and smart payments — with a 2027 target.
Chainalysis says Operation Lighthouse flagged over 7,700 crypto accounts and generated 14,300 leads against child sexual abuse material networks, with Binance and Coinbase among cooperating exchanges.
OFAC issued five sectoral determinations under EO 13902 covering digital assets, gold, aviation, shipping and tech, naming a UAE broker accused of processing over $100 million in crypto for IRGC-QF oil sales.
The Coinbase-affiliated advocacy group backed 32 House candidates with federal crypto legislation stalled in the Senate.
US spot bitcoin and ether ETFs pulled in $2.6 billion combined over the past week — their strongest inflow week since October — as weekly trading volume more than tripled to $29 billion alongside a sharp price rally.
ZEC traded above $800 for the first time since 2018 after Grayscale filed its fifth amended SEC application to convert its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF, fueling billions in futures volume.
Crypto Council for Innovation and Blockchain Association file suit over Illinois's 0.2% Digital Asset Tax, the second legal challenge to the law before its 2026 effective date.
Laser Digital, Nomura's digital asset arm, has received Japan's first crypto exchange approval in four years from the FSA, with plans to expand into institutional crypto trading as the country reclassifies digital assets under financial law.
