A US federal judge has denied a joint request from Gemini and the CFTC to vacate a 2025 settlement, keeping a $5 million penalty and a permanent injunction in place.
Russia will ban direct peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading starting July 1, 2027, mandating the use of authorized intermediaries for all such transactions.
BingX EU has received a MiCAR license from the Austrian Financial Market Authority, enabling the platform to offer regulated crypto services across 29 European Economic Area countries.
Starting 1 January 2026, UK crypto firms must collect residential addresses for all users under the new OECD reporting framework, raising significant privacy concerns.
The Solana Foundation has opened an office in Shanghai and launched a promotional campaign, a move that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says his own BNB Chain has not yet achieved.
Australia’s securities regulator has opened a consultation on new capital, custody, and trading rules for crypto platforms ahead of the 2027 legislative rollout.
BingX EU has secured a MiCA-compliant license from the Austrian FMA, granting the platform authorization to offer crypto services across 29 countries in the European Economic Area.
Amsterdam-based Qivalis has received regulatory approval from the Dutch central bank to move toward issuing euro-denominated electronic money tokens for institutional use.
Qivalis has obtained an EMI license from the Dutch central bank to issue a euro-pegged stablecoin, backed by a consortium of 37 European banks.
Circle has launched a seven-part evaluation framework for institutional wrapped assets, applying the criteria to its own cirBTC product to define industry standards.
The CFTC will implement new market-based regulations for crypto exchanges independently of the stalled Clarity Act, focusing on retail transactions and federally registered venues.
The SEC has amended its quorum rules to allow rulemaking by a single commissioner, as both the SEC and CFTC face significant leadership vacancies amid ongoing crypto oversight efforts.
A UK High Court ruling may allow the government to retain 61,000 seized Bitcoin worth $5,1 billion, as Chinese fraud victims face stricter requirements to prove ownership of the assets.
The Derive Foundation is seeking governance approval to explore the launch of a regulated derivatives platform in the US, though the proposal lacks a specific budget or timeline.
Former CFTC acting chairman Caroline D. Pham asserts that the agency has existing authority to regulate almost all commodities, including crypto, without new legislation.
The XRP Ledger Foundation has defended its decision to bypass standard amendment protocols to deploy an emergency patch fixing a long-standing integer overflow bug.
The CFTC has proposed a new regulatory framework for leveraged crypto trading, relying on existing authority rather than new legislation, while facing potential legal hurdles.
Bitcoin dropped to $80 400 amid massive liquidations, while Ledger investigates a potential $86 million theft linked to a compromised reseller.
The US Department of Justice is reviewing Binance's compliance with its 2023 settlement, raising the possibility of further penalties for the world's largest crypto exchange.
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky is permanently banned from the crypto and finance sectors in New York following a $35 million fraud settlement.
