Regulation

Treasury Seeks Public Input on GENIUS Act Rules Through Oct. 20

What Treasury Is Asking For The U.S. Treasury Department opened an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to implement the GENIUS Act, the country’s new federal...

Australia’s ASIC Eases Licensing Rules for Stablecoin Intermediaries

Australia’s financial watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has introduced a temporary exemption that eases compliance rules for intermediaries distributing stablecoins. The...

BitGo Secures BaFin Approval to Expand Regulated Crypto Trading in Europe

BitGo has taken a major step forward in Europe after receiving approval from Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, to launch regulated cryptocurrency trading. Known primarily...

Japan Plans Major Crypto Tax Overhaul with Flat 20% Rate by 2026

Japan is preparing to introduce a friendlier tax regime for cryptocurrency investors, aiming to make its market more competitive and attractive to both retail...

SEC Pushes Back Decisions on Dogecoin and Hedera ETFs to November

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again extended its review period for two anticipated cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs): Bitwise’s Dogecoin ETF...

House Pushes Senate to Pass CLARITY Act for Crypto Market Structure

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, together with the Agriculture Committee, is urging the Senate to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY)...

SEC and CFTC Open Doors for Spot Crypto Trading on Major Exchanges

On September 2, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly announced that registered exchanges are free...

QCP Trading Secures MPI License from MAS, Bolstering Institutional Crypto Services

QCP Trading Pte. Ltd. has officially secured a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from Singapore's Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), marking a significant step...

AUSTRAC Orders External Audit of Binance Australia Over AML Concerns

Regulatory Scrutiny Intensifies for Binance Australia AUSTRAC, Australia’s financial intelligence authority, has directed Binance Australia to hire an independent auditor to examine its anti-money laundering...

India’s CBDT Considers Dedicated Crypto Code to Ease Tax Burden

India’s Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has begun discussions with crypto industry stakeholders on whether the country needs a dedicated Virtual Digital Asset...

India’s tax department targets USDT arbitrage; loss offsets under Section 115BBH draw heat

What the I-T probe uncovered India’s Income Tax Department has trained its sights on crypto traders who ran USDT arbitrage and then tried to trim...

SEC vs. Ripple Is Finally Over: Appeals Dropped, Torres’ Ruling Stays

What the filing actually does On August 7, the SEC and Ripple filed a joint stipulation in the Second Circuit to dismiss both the agency’s...