Crypto Markets & Policy

Anchorpoint is deliberately slowing its retail Hong Kong dollar stablecoin rollout to focus on long-term market sustainability, even after previously...

• 270,000 accounts opened by late October 2026, far exceeding the central bank's 60,000 year-end projection.
• Steady growth from 87,000 in the first...

• The final rule establishes standards for reserve backing, redemption, risk management, and custody for permitted issuers under OCC jurisdiction,...

The SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal shifts from enforcement-led actions to structured exemptions: $5M startup raises without audits,...

MAS's September 2026 consultation introduces the MAS-SCS framework for single-currency stablecoins.

• Three categories qualify: domestic issuance,...

Should Congress or regulators define how far banks can venture into crypto?

• The two-prong test requires activities to relate to banking and pass...

KPMG's survey shows Canadian financial firms ramping up crypto services and exposure after earlier setbacks.

• Offerings grew sharply: 50% of firms...

Netanyahu's proposal to explore blockchain and crypto as sanctions bypasses has triggered widespread criticism from Israel's central bank, economists,...

Brazil’s securities regulator is pushing mandatory tokenization and AI surveillance to replace outdated inspection methods amid R$ 11.5 trillion in...

• U.S. leadership: Supporters say the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act keeps America the crypto capital by modernizing rules and delivering parity with...

Mastercard's reported thumbs-up for Ripple's RLUSD at the XRPL Hackathon aligns with its prior work on RLUSD credit-card settlements and June 2026...

• Wallet growth reached an all-time high of 8.24 million non-empty XRP Ledger addresses, with 4,772 added in one day.
• This metric signals expanding...

• Retail breakthrough: FINMA approved Switzerland’s first Bitcoin ETF for retail investors on October 20, 2026, moving beyond prior qualified-investor...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal is examining roughly $6.3–6.8 million in alleged Tether payments to Nxum Group, co-owned by former White House crypto adviser...

• Taxable events occur on selling for dollars, swapping coins, spending crypto on goods, or receiving it as staking/mining income, all treated as...

Patrick Witt's exit leaves the White House digital assets office without a dedicated leader, weakening the administration's ability to maintain...

Three jurisdictions show sharply different crypto access paths.

• US: Eighth Circuit questioned broad injunction halting Arkansas' foreign-owned...

Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 as traders de-risk ahead of the Fed decision and macro pressures mount.

• Fed and inflation risks: Markets watch for...

South Korea's cryptocurrency income tax, originally set for 2022, has faced repeated delays to 2023, 2025, and now 2027, with a potential shift to...

US Treasury rules now block AI and semiconductor investments in China, Russia, Iran and others, expanding the Outbound Investment Security Program...